The Criminology Academy – Details, episodes & analysis

We talk to Professor Megan Denver about her work on labeling, stigma, and person-first language.

Megan Denver is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice and the Director of the Corrections and Reentry Lab at Northeastern University. Megan’s research interests include criminal record stigma, employment and recidivism, credentialing decisions for people with criminal records, and desistance. To investigate questions related to these interests, she uses a variety of methods and integrates criminological theory with policy. Megan holds a PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Albany and a masters in Sociology from the University of Delaware.

In this episode we speak with Dr. Brae Young. Brae is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Texas Christian University. Her research largely focuses on family and support among offending populations as well as broader issues within the juvenile justice system. Her recent work has appeared in Justice Quarterly, Journal of Developmental and Life Course Criminology, and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.

We spoke to Brae about her work surrounding adolescents who have been incarcerated. Specifically we discuss the benefits of these teens getting visits and what may or may not prevent their loved ones from visiting them. Our discussion then moves to being a teen parent while incarcerated and the challenges that brings. 

This week we speak with Meghan Novisky from Cleveland State University. We talk about people who have been incarcerated and their experiences with violence, especially secondary violence. We also talk about the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is affecting prisons. Meghan has been published in journals such as Criminology, Victims & Offenders and Violence Against Women. Find Meghan on Twitter @DrNovisky

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This week, we speak with fellow grad student at CU Boulder Tara Kay Streng Schroeter. We talk to her about having co-advisors and her work with campus sexual assault and the Title IX guidelines. You can find Tara on Twitter @strengschroeter and her website www.tarastrengschroeter.com  Time Stamps: (1) Advising and co-advising: 1:40-16:00 (2) Title IX and sexual victimization: 16:05-End

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This week, we launch our career reflection series and we start by talking to Scott Decker. He reflects back on his career, his successes and more importantly, failure. Scott is a Foundation Professor at Arizona State University. His main research interests are in gangs, policy and violence. He has published in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Criminal Justice and Journal of Quantitative Criminology. Scott is also the co-author of books such as: Life in the Gang and Competing for Control. You can find Scott on Twitter @deckercrime. 

Time Stamps: (1) Career history and development: 2:15-31:00 (2) Success: 31:00-40:35 (3) Failure: 40:35-1:05:45 (4) Advice from Scott Decker to his younger self: 1:05:45-1:10:00 (5) Current state of criminology + future directions for criminology: 1:10:00-End

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In this episode, Jenn and Jose talk about the Fall 2020 semester (season 1) and what to expect for Spring 2021 (season 2). Have a happy new year and holidays everyone! Thank you for all of the support! 

This week we speak with Professor Callie Burt from the Georgia State's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. We talk about her social schematic theory, the role race/ethnicity should play in criminology and the future directions the discipline should head in moving forward. Callie has been published in journals such as Criminology, Social Forces, Social Problem and Justice Quarterly. Find Callie on Twitter @callie_h_burt and callieburt.org.

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This week we speak to Professor Holly Nguyen from Penn State's Department of Sociology and Criminology. She speaks to us about her work on the crime as work framework, and her work with peers and offending, illegal income and criminal capital. Holly has been publishes in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Social Problems. She also won the American Society of Criminology's Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award for 2020. Follow The Criminology Academy on Facebook, twitter, or Instagram! Check out our website at thecriminologyacademy.com.

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In this episode we speak with Bradley Silberzahn on his work on sex workers, police-sex worker interactions, and retention in the SAPPHIRE Study (a hard-to-reach population). Brad is a 2nd year graduate student in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests are in policing, the criminal justice system, harm reduction, and vulnerable populations, including people who use drugs and people who sell sex. Previously, Brad worked as a Senior Research Program Coordinator at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Brad has been published in journals such as American Journal of Public Health, BMC Public Health, PLOS One, Addictive Behaviors, Journal of Urban Health, and Journal of the International AIDS Society. Find Brad on Twitter @BradSilberzahn. Follow The Criminology Academy on Facebook, twitter, or Instagram! 

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