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bethgriffiths.bsky.social
Professor at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice; criminologist and sociologist; my time is spent reading, writing, sailing, and anything dogs
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Check out this piece on specific kinds of drug underenforcement both quantitatively and qualitatively, recently published in the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, with Kay Levine, Josh Hinkle, and @volkantopalli.bsky.social scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/vol114/...

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Interested in the association between gun dealers and the distribution of gun violence in cities? Check out this article published today with my colleagues Jie Xu, Sandy Xie, Richard Stansfield, and @daniel-semenza.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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New study with @bethgriffiths.bsky.social, Kay Levine, and Joshua Hinkle I which we find lack of a relationship between law enforcement effort and yield from search warrants in drug cases. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Many years ago, when I was on faculty at Emory University, I had the honor of having lunch with President Carter and a few other folks from the university. He is the personification of a life of service and humanitarianism. The world has lost a great man

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This Black Friday, you'll probably notice the effects of inflation on price tags. What might not be so obvious though is its effect on the criminal legal system. Each year, inflation makes the system more punitive – and that's not a good deal. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06...

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

It’s a mistake to ask this question because it assumes Trump’s rationality. He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.

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Just posted a new one-pager analyzing differences in major crime trends between New York City and the rest of the State. johnjayrec.nyc/2024/11/20/d...

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The school safety market is a $3B industry but most products, like bulletproof whiteboards and AI cameras, have zero evidence that they work. I spoke tonight with CBS Eye on America about my skepticism and how schools can better invest to keep children safe. www.cbsnews.com/video/a-look...

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U.S. cities have been shifting funding from social services to policing since 2008. What effect has this had on their crime rates? I explore the research on this in a new Annual Review of Criminology article. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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How do the higher courts handle prosecutorial misconduct? For a short piece on the Texas appellate courts’ consideration of prosecutorial overreach, check out “Prosecutorial Actus Reus” in the International Journal on Responsibility #criminology #lawandsociety commons.lib.jmu.edu/ijr/vol6/iss...

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Tranquility in troubled times #sanfranciscobotanicalgardens #flowers #peace

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Canadian rainbow skies

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Occasionally

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Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO

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The loves of my life 💕 #pomeranians

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