IF Indiana Senate Bill 285 passes
It will cost $1.5 million dollars to CRIMINALIZE just 20% of the HOMELESS population in Indianapolis
$1,500,000 just to lock up 20% of Indy's homeless population for 60 days, THEN we don't know how to house 100% of them
www.prosperityindiana.org/News/13594675
The RAND Corporation is sunsetting two major gun violence research initiatives as funding has shrunk under the Trump administration. Experts lamented the closures as a significant loss for policymakers, advocates, and researchers who have relied on the think tank’s work to prevent shootings.
This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.
@wired.com #ICE
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Marion County (IN) jail releases and one-year re-arrest rates from the Marion County Re-Entry Coalition
Prison releases to Marion County (IN) and one-year re-arrest rates from the Marion County Re-Entry Coalition
Perceptions of crime are changing. Fewer than 50 percent of Americans told Gallup that crime rose nationally in the last year for the first time since 2001. Only 30 percent said crime rose locally, also the lowest since 2001.
news.gallup.com/poll/697124/...
And what kind of crime are Americans most frequently afraid of? Not the type you hear about in the news. Americans worry most about being the victim of identity theft (69%) and being tricked into providing financial information to scammers (53%). 2/2
Murders through August in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, 1960 - 2025:
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Shout out to Marshall Allen, Chandlier Hulse, Bridget Janney, Dr. Spencer Lawson, Dr. Evan Lowder, and Kelsie Powell.
Extra special thanks to Carmen Diaz for gathering research teams together to author an exceptional nomination letter!
Many thanks to my wonderful colleagues for nominating me for the 2025 Student Employee Supervisor of the Year Award from IUI Office of Student Employment!
Great to see colleagues @jamielevdan.bsky.social @cullenmerritt.bsky.social together again!
Also fantastic to see Dr. Merritt’s scholarship on service shaming in the academy making its way out into the world. Congrats Dr. Merritt!
🚨 Job Opportunity: Director, Public Policy Institute at Indiana University 🚨
This tenured faculty position (Full/Associate Professor) in @iuioneill.bsky.social is perfect for someone passionate about applied, community-based research and evaluation.
Happy to answer any questions about the position!
▪️Open specialization area(s)
▪️Review of applications begins March 24th
▪️Apply now: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/28395
🚨 Job Opportunity: Director, Public Policy Institute at Indiana University 🚨
This tenured faculty position (Full/Associate Professor) in @iuioneill.bsky.social is perfect for someone passionate about applied, community-based research and evaluation.
Disappointing, but not surprising.
🚨 New post up at my blog, and think this is an important one.
In an effort to try to push back against vibes with facts, whatever post-fact cynicism we face, I've pulled together and summarized all the articles examining the empirical impact of reform prosecutors.
In short: basically all upside.
@bextraordinary.bsky.social delivering amazing insights on transferring academic training to alt-ac opportunities
O’Neill School at IU-Indy is hiring an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Area of specialization is open
Review of applications begins September 20th
I'm serving on the search committee and happy to answer any questions you may have
Please apply!
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25458
Easy to shit on people. Much more difficult to do the work or propose viable solutions.
Amen!
Great summary of the second of three community conversations led by NAACP-Monroe County Branch and Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office a few weeks ago.
The focus was on the use of prosecutorial discretion at bond setting and decisions to release residents from jail
www.idsnews.com/article/2024....
Please join our second of three Community Conversations on prosecution with the NAACP and Monroe Co. Prosecutor's Office TOMORROW at the Monroe Co. Public Library - Downtown Branch, Room 1B.
We will discuss if and how how individuals should be released from jail on bond after initial hearings
