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Valerio Baćak
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Professor of criminal justice. He/him.
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pwgtennant.bsky.social
HYBRID EVENT: 'Introduction to Quantitative Bias' with Rachel Hughes on Monday 1st December at 10am-12pm UK time.

For those near Leeds, bring your laptop and enjoy this as an in-person session!

Sign-up before 9am on Thursday 27th via: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
Are you a PhD student working on a criminological topic (broadly construed)?

The LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology is pleased to announce the inaugural PhD Symposium on 18-19 May 2026.

➡️ Find out more about the call for applications here:
Mannheim Centre for Criminology | PhD Symposium 2026
The LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology is pleased to announce the inaugural PhD Symposium taking place 18-19 May 2026
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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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amjpublichealth.bsky.social
🚨 Deadline extended to December 15!

Check out the full CFP list here: ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers

#CFP #PublicHealth #Masculinity
amjpublichealth.bsky.social AJPH @amjpublichealth.bsky.social · Aug 18
📣 New Call for Papers on Masculinity and Public Health

📅 Deadline: November 15, 2025.
🔗 Info: buff.ly/RS074Id

#CallForPapers #PublicHealth
Call for Papers on Masculinity and Public Health
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
May her memory be for a revolution that lights all of our way home. ❤️‍🔥
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
valeriobacak.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to reading the new issue of the @russellsagefdn.bsky.social journal on racial bias in criminal justice, and especially the piece by my star colleague @sarawakefield.bsky.social (with @kristinturney.bsky.social): www.rsfjournal.org/content/11/3...
The Rise of the Carceral State: Foundations and Contours of a Rapidly Changing Criminal Legal System
A “carceral state” represents a critical definitional contrast to the more commonly invoked frames of “mass incarceration” or “mass criminalization.” Mass criminalization scholarship is typically focu...
www.rsfjournal.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
valeriobacak.bsky.social
As always, my colleague Ko-lin Chin studies topics in organized crimes that very few people could do and do well, and his new book on counterfeiting in China is no exception www.rutgers.edu/news/profess...
Professor Examines the Rise of Counterfeiting in China
www.rutgers.edu
September 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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fuhsejan.bsky.social
Sociological Theory (the journal) invites contributions to a special issue on "Sociological Theorizing in the Global South".
Find out more:
www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
valeriobacak.bsky.social
Looking forward to this. If we can align public opinion about crime with facts, good things can happen.
jeffasher.bsky.social Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · Sep 24
Hi all,

Some fun news...I have a new podcast coming out about why perceptions of crime rarely meet reality and what can be and is being done about it! Ep 0 was just released & Ep 1 will be released on Oct 1. Download & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

jasher.substack.com/p/the-jeff-a...
The Jeff-alytics Podcast Is Coming!
Episode 0 is here! Episode 1 drops next Wednesday!
jasher.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
NEW FINDINGS:
79% of Americans say it's good for the US to accept international students

70% of Republicans say the US should be able to cancel visas of students who criticize US foreign policy

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Americans tend to view international students positively, though some support limitations
Most Americans (79%) think it’s good for U.S. colleges and universities to accept international students.
www.pewresearch.org
September 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best.

This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.
A Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism | NEJM
It has been suggested that vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is a cause of autism. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all children born in Denmark from January 1991 th...
www.nejm.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
valeriobacak.bsky.social
Great op-ed by David Kennedy, reinforcing the case for investing in and expanding community-based violence intervention programs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
Opinion | What Both the Left and the Right Get Wrong About Violent Crime
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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jeffasher.bsky.social
New this week: the FBI will likely report the lowest murder rate ever recorded when its data for 2025 is released next year. I wrote about why I think this will happen as well as the chance that the record doesn't last after being revised.

jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-wi...
The FBI Will Likely Report The Lowest Murder Rate Ever Recorded In 2025
But will it stick?
jasher.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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vincentab.bsky.social
Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData

The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit

The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.

tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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mzesunimannheim.bsky.social
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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brunoarpino.bsky.social
🚀 2-year Postdoc opportunity with me on older adults, digital technologies & wellbeing.

Flexible location/remote-friendly

Deadline 9 Oct, 13:00 CEST

Details & how to apply (both ITA/ENG):

www.stat.unipd.it/procedura-se...

#Postdoc #Ageing #Demography #DigitalInequality
September 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Americans who say there's a lot of discrimination against people who are:
In US illegally 57%
Transgender 48%
Gay or lesbian 37%
Black 36%
Muslim 34%
Hispanic 34%
Jewish 30%
Immigrants in US legally 29%
Women 22%
Asian 21%
Religious 17%
Older 16%
Evangelical 13%
White 12%
Men 10%
Atheist 7%
Chart shows Majorities of Americans say many groups in U.S. society face at least some discrimination Large majorities of Americans say numerous groups in the United States face at least some discrimination, including immigrants, transgender people and members of different racial and religious groups. About eight-in-ten (82%) say immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally experience a lot of or some discrimination – including 57% who say they face a lot of discrimination, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults. That is the highest share for any group among 20 included in the survey. Still, there is a widespread belief that many other societal groups also are discriminated against: 77% say people who are transgender face at least some discrimination, with 48% saying this group experiences a lot of discrimination. 74% say Muslims in the U.S. face a lot of or some discrimination, while a similar share (72%) say Jews face at least some discrimination. Roughly a thi
September 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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epopppp.bsky.social
You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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jeffasher.bsky.social
The Real-Time Crime Index is now updated through July. The sample consists of more than 560 agencies covering 116 million people. It's our largest sample yet and shows murder down 20% and both violent & property crime down more than 10% compared to 2024.
realtimecrimeindex.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
valeriobacak.bsky.social
Unbelievable.
danielsohege.bsky.social Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Sep 18
This is the state of play. This is how anti-trans hate can affect everyone. When the wife of a world leader is not immune to having to prove she's a woman to satisfy bigots, what hope do most trans and non-binary individuals have of being able to live our lives in peace
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Macrons to offer 'scientific' court evidence to prove Brigitte is a woman, lawyer says
They have filed a lawsuit against US right-wing influencer Candace Owens who claims the French first lady was born male.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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jeffasher.bsky.social
Begging journalists not to report on crime trends like this. DC crime was already falling relative to 2024 prior to the federal intervention, so it comes as no surprise that it was also down during this stretch.
September 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
valeriobacak.bsky.social
Delighted to see my first publication in Spanish. Sadly, I did not write it in Spanish, but I am very much looking forward to learning the beautiful language.
September 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced on social media(X) that federal border agents will be assigned to NPS sites as part of the broader federal law enforcement push in DC. He said the Interior Department had authorized a “service-wide deputization” of Customs and Border Protection
August 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
valeriobacak.bsky.social
Crime across the country is hitting historic lows, but these days are hell for facts www-msnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.msnb...
Trump's Washington D.C. national guard plan ignores FBI crime data
Murder rates in D.C. — and in most major American cities — are at a near-record low. Yet Trump insists on ranting about "bloodshed, bedlam and squalor."
www-msnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM