369 - Regular Session. Criminology

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

This session on Criminology will reveal various sociological approaches to empirically assessing the collateral consequences of mass incarceration. These papers use multiple methods and data to tackle a critical question in the study of crime: What will be the next iteration of the American carceral state? With an eye toward a future that trends toward de-carceration, these presenters’ examinations of the impact of mass incarceration on our communities, our formative social institutions (i.e., schools), and on the legacy our children stand to inherit is where we should be focusing our attention as sociologists of crime.

Sub Unit

• Criminology

Session Organizer

• Carla Shedd, Columbia University

Individual Presentations

• For Whom Does a Neighborhood Effect Matter? Neighborhood Trajectories of a Cohort of Released Prisoners - Jessica T. Simes, Harvard University

• The Countervailing Effects of Community Supervision: Evidence from a Natural Experiment - Anh P. Nguyen, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; David J. Harding, University of California-Berkeley; Jeffrey Morenoff, University of Michigan; Shawn Bushway, University at Albany-SUNY

• Mercy and Commutation in the Mass Incarceration Era - Veronica L. Horowitz, University of Minnesota; Christopher Uggen, University of Minnesota

• The Unequal Consequences of Mass Incarceration for Children - Kristin Turney, University of California-Irvine