The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!

PCGVR research in the news:

NYPD released Q1 2025 shooting data last week showing the fewest shootings through March that they've ever reported (data is available from NYPD back to 2006, but given murder figures it's probably the fewest shooting victims since the early 1960s or earlier).

What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.

@vitalcitynyc.bsky.social asked me what I thought about the role of research in public safety. So, I told em... www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/bet...

Similar to our report from almost 7 years ago. Important to say it's not just Trump & other performative "conservatives" who perpetuate biased images of "urban" gun violence. Liberals do it too when they compile numbers from just those cities big enough to report data. johnjayrec.nyc/2018/05/24/d...

JOB! NYC Office of Neighborhood Safety: Assoc Director for Community Activation. Manage the $86 million portfolio of street outreach, hospital violence intervention, & wraparound programs, known here as the Crisis Management System (CMS). Pays up to $180K cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/associat...

We describe the goals and purposes of the upcoming special issue on community-centered violence prevention. Papers due Jan 31. youtu.be/nTEF0yxuiAQ

Wonder why the public is disproportionately concerned with youth crime? Maybe partly culture shock, but also because news media promote far more youth crime stories. www.sentencingproject.org/reports/the-...

Good News. The submission deadline for this special issue has been extended to January 31.

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...

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...

Important article by Ted Alcorn. www.thetrace.org/2024/11/balt...

The R Street Institute calls Trump a "known police proponent." Oh, ok, maybe ask the U.S. Capitol Police about that. www.rstreet.org/commentary/t...

So great www.law.berkeley.edu/article/stud...

Excellent, accessible work from The Trace. www.thetrace.org/2024/01/gun-...

My new paper using data from the CDC and BJS-NCVS shows that Black Americans suffer disproportionately from firearm homicide at rates that far exceed those of whites as well as Hispanics. Read here open acess: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Gotten a ton of feedback on this piece I wrote for The Hill today—it’s based on two years of research for a forthcoming book thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Seems obvious, right? www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Alex Piquero on the importance of helping people avoid justice involvement. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...

Really important piece in Politico by a CUNY colleague. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

"The conflicting signals from our major statistical systems for measuring crime mean we cannot conclude with confidence whether violent crimes, other than homicide, went up or down in 2022." counciloncj.org/did-violent-...

Great opportunity. www.codingitforward.com/fellowship

Great way to use bank forfeiture funds. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

John K. Roman: "There are hundreds of solutions — market-based solutions, medical solutions, structural solutions and behavioral nudges — that can meaningfully reduce the risk of crime and violence without expanding the criminal justice system." www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/twe...

The latest research note of our project recountingcrime.wordpress.com, published in Significance academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic..., where we highlight the importance of asking about the location of the crime in victimisation surveys.

Researchers look for ways to prevent and reduce violence, but the knowledge base is far from complete, especially as it relates to one important question: are there ways to prevent violence without relying on the police? The obvious answer is “yes.” johnjayrec.nyc/2020/11/09/a...