In episode 119, we speak with Professor Scott Duxbury about his work on group politics and the sociology of punishment.
Scott Duxbury is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research examines social networks, criminal law, mass incarceration, racism, public opinion, drug markets, and computational methods. His work has appeared in American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, and Social Forces, among other outlets.
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Get in touch with Scott:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Website //duxbury AT email.unc.edu // Personal Website
Below are the papers authored by Scott that were
discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Duxbury, S. W. (2024). Collaborating on the Carceral State: Political Elite Polarization and the Expansion of Federal Crime Legislation Networks, 1979 to 2005. American Sociological Review, 89(4), 650-683. [article link]
Duxbury, S. W. (2024). The Ties that Bind are those that Punish: Network Polarization and Federal Crime Policy Gridlock, 1979–2005. Social Forces, 103(1), 262-285. [article link]