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william-king.bsky.social

First gen professor at a public university in the mountain west, U.S. I study the police, criminal justice system, forensic crime labs, and organizations. My posts do not reflect the opinions of my employer.

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👋 Hi! We are Boise Kitchen Collective — a mutual aid group that gets warm food, treats and supplies into the hands of anyone who needs it.

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I have a piece half-done on the entire world of indirect costs. It's too big an endeavor to finish now, in the middle of the night, when this problem that was always a live grenade with a half-pulled pin is suddenly a topic du jour. Shit of a thing. Here are some highlights.

submitted 24 days ago • 12 comments

Happy Black History month!!

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Federal District Judge Loren L. AliKhan issues a temporary administrative stay on the "pause on disbursement of federal funds on all open awards" until Monday, Feb. 3 at 5 pm She says this administrative stay applies "just those grants that are open and affected by OMB’s order."

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

For today, Exene Cervenka and the band X's "Country at War" seems appropriate.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

This morning, legislators introduced a bill that would eliminate Idaho’s entire Medicaid Expansion program, stripping healthcare coverage from nearly 100K Idahoans. Soon we’ll need you to show up to a public hearing (date/time TBA). In the meantime, here are 4 reasons to protect Medicaid Expansion.

submitted 38 days ago • 8 comments

Cheryl Waters spinning the midday show on KEXP is just perfect. Perfect. #KEXP

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

1. Robert H. Langworthy passed away on Nov. 25, 2024. Bob was best known for his pioneering work on quantifying police organizational structure (1986), and his work (with John Crank) applying institutional org theory to police agencies (1992). Bob's career took him from the USAF, to a degree in...

submitted 85 days ago • 5 comments

Since many researchers are here now, I want to draw attention to a publishing opportunity. Special issue of the Sage journal, Inquiry, focused on violence prevention strategies that leverage community-level mechanisms. Deadline is Jan 11 & I can answer questions. journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

One thing I think people talking about the threat of authoritarian creep have gotten, if not exactly wrong, not quite right either is to frame discussion in terms of various European precedents. Those are relevant to be sure, but we also have an American precedent - namely the South before 1965.

submitted 104 days ago • 134 comments

Stormie says stop scrolling and go to bed. Goodnight everyone.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to spend time at #ASC in SF with @lblogic.bsky.social and @crimdocbrown.bsky.social. It's always enlightening conversation and a little laughter with two old friends.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

My wife says this is her favorite photo of me. It captures a lot, from a time when we were dating long distance. So I think it's a good intro to Bluesky.

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment