
Asst Prof @UofUsociology | Punishment, law & society, prosecution, inequality | she/her | Opinions are my own Find me on Bluesky at @chiarapackard.bsky.social
Salt Lake City, UT
Joined May 2012
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I'm officially moving to Bluesky 👋 Long overdue, but I'm done with this site. You can find me @chiarapackard.bsky.social - Hope to see you there! ✨
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Hello, criminologists! Consider nominating yourself or a colleague or a friend (AKA a frolleague) for this award! 😁
Please reach out with any questions!
#crimtwitter
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Hi all! I have a new article out! I introduce privilege diffusion—a rhetorical strategy that disperses blame on to vague forces like “culture” or “masculinity,” that appear critical but ultimately obscure responsibility for those with privilege.
doi.org/10.1111/soc4.70101
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Giving my crash course in qualitative methods tomorrow. As always, slides are posted online for anyone interested (I have the short and longer versions posted). ashleytrubin.com/resources/m…
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Coming February 2026 from University of California Press.
A theory-driven case study of frontline labor at one of the largest public benefits bureaucracies in the nation: the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services.
More details soon.
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🚨NEW PUB🚨
In this article, my friend-colleagues and I suggest that rather than thinking about police contact as direct officer-civilian interactions (temporally constrained), we might view and measure it as PERPETUAL (1/4)
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#GivingTuesday is a great opportunity to celebrate the diverse scholarly community our members work together to create! If you would like to donate to #LSA, please click the link below:
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Excited to be a co-chair/founder of the @ASAnews community on prison education and being a panelist for our first event w/ some amazing people: @gaberosales @SarahHoiland #MeganKlein #CarlaBarrett #MaryNellTrautner
Register link: hostos-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meet…
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Two more days until this exciting conversation! Please join the listserv (or dm me!) for meeting info. We're really excited to talk with @MichelleSPhelps about her wonderful new book on Friday at 3p ET.
Join the Punishment & Society Reading Group on Oct 25th at 3 pm ET to discuss The Minneapolis Reckoning by @MichelleSPhelps!
We’re lucky that Dr. Phelps will be joining us for this conversation! @Punishment_CRN @erin_eife
Join the Punishment & Society Reading Group on Oct 25th at 3 pm ET to discuss The Minneapolis Reckoning by @MichelleSPhelps!
We’re lucky that Dr. Phelps will be joining us for this conversation! @Punishment_CRN @erin_eife
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Join us on 10/25! Dm me if you’d like to be added to the listserv for the Zoom link.
Join the Punishment & Society Reading Group on Oct 25th at 3 pm ET to discuss The Minneapolis Reckoning by @MichelleSPhelps!
We’re lucky that Dr. Phelps will be joining us for this conversation! @Punishment_CRN @erin_eife
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My first solo-authored paper is published at
@ERSjournal! It is nice to see a published outcome of my work.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Sociologist @Liz_Chiarello explains how a new drug monitoring system put the emphasis on fighting crime instead of caring for patients, shifting pharmacists' routines, relationships, and professional roles.
-New from John Purnell on @TheSocietyPages
thesocietypages.org/discover…
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Our @CaptiveMoneyLab website is live! We are so excited to share and we'll continue to update the site with our research and advocacy on pay-to-stay practices across the country @CurlyProfessor @AprilFernandes @MaxwellSU maxwell.syr.edu/news/article…



















