Jennifer Earl

The partisanship of mayors has no detectable effect on police spending, police employment, crime, or arrests Across hundreds of cities and three decades, there is no impact of a mayor’s partisan affiliation on crime and arrest rates.

Another fantastic paper in Science Advances (gold open-access):
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dual pathways of concealed gun carrying and use from adolescence to adulthood over a 25-year era of change Distinct patterns by life-course stage—adolescence versus adulthood—reveal dual pathways for concealed gun carrying and gun use.

A bit slow on posting this one, but it is worth the wait. This fantastic article on gun carrying dropped last week on Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Congrats to authors Charles Lanfear, David Kirk, and Rob Sampson.

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Headed to ASAs? Stop by the @ScienceAdvances
booth in the Exhibit Hall. I will be there for a few Ask Me Anything drop-ins and Editor Laura Remis will be holding down the booth. See this short doc for way more on social sciences at Science Advances: drive.google.com/file/d/1Xyng...

‘Controlling reality’ Sociologist Jennifer Earl on the many faces of repression — and what can... In Russia, where nearly anything can lead to criminal prosecution, repression affects an increasing number of people. Jennifer Earl, a sociology professor at the University of Delaware whose research ...

Meduza published an article based on an interview I did with special correspondent Margarita Liutova. I appreciated the chance to share about research on social movement repression:
meduza.io/en/feature/2...

We share a commitment to retaining women in the academy. I try to remember that women can participate in the creation of bad climates too, and all departmental members (men, women, non-binary, gender queer, etc.) share a responsibility for creating an inclusive and functional department.

Some big research out in Science Advances: want to understand retention of women in the academy, then you have to read www.science.org/doi/full/10.... The tl;dr: retaining women is about keeping a good workplace climate, not work-life balance.