Recent Trends in Policing and Punishment

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Criminal legal systems are in a state of flux. Recent racial justice protests, economic recessions, and urbanization shifts have changed how police and prisons operate. The presentations in this panel chronicle those changes and put criminal justice systems in their social, spatial, and economic contexts. We present research on legal cynicism in heavily policed communities, on the geography of mass incarceration, on the purported police retention crisis, and on municipal budgets. We use data from a range of locations, from small cities and rural counties in the U.S. to the largest city in the U.K. We employ various methods, including qualitative interviews, spatial analysis, and quantitative modeling. We provide theoretical frameworks for understanding the data. Join us for presentations of research that together survey recent trends in policing and punishment.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 50. Challenging Criminal Justice Policies

Individual Presentations

• Persistence and Change in the Spatial Context of Mass Incarceration - Jessica T. Simes, Boston University

• Badge of Impunity? Evidence on the Labor Market Consequences of Police Discipline" - Ben Grunwald, Duke University

• Go Away or Come Closer? Parsing the Preferences of the Most Policed - Ajenai Clemmons, University of Denver

• Local Government Spending: Policing Versus Social Services - Brenden Beck, Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice