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Episode 61. Probation and the Control of Drugs and Alcohol with Victoria Piehowski

Better not drink, better not smoke, we’re telling you why. In this episode Jose and a special guest host–Annabel Fay–speak with Doctoral Candidate Victoria Piehowski about her work on probation and the control of drugs and alcohol.

Victoria is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She is a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellow, as well as a Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Award recipient. Her work examines the intersections of coercion and care in criminal justice, in varied sites such as treatment courts, probation, bail, and domestic violence services. Her work can be found in Punishment & Society, Law & Social Inquiry, and RSF: the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. In her spare time, she tries to garden the stress away and is on an ongoing quest to grow the perfect tomato.

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Episode Transcriptions Available Below for Download: Word (.docx) and PDF (.pdf)

Screenshot During the Podcast Recording – October 25, 2022

Get in touch with Victoria:
University of Minnesota website // pieho001 AT umn.edu // Twitter // Personal Website

This is the article authored by Victoria and her colleague that was discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Piehowski, Victoria, and Michelle Phelps. (2022). Strong-arm sobriety: Address precarity through probation. Law & Social Inquiry. [Article Link].

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