This review explains how and why the United States has systemically high poverty.
Descriptive evidence shows that US poverty is (i) a huge share of the population,(ii) a …

An estimated 61.5 million Americans encounter police annually and more than one million
are threatened or subjected to police use of force during these encounters. Much research …

Each year, US child protection authorities investigate millions of families, disproportionately
poor families and families of color. These investigations involve multiple home visits to …

Building on three decades of comparative research on marginality, ethnicity, and penality in
the postindustrial metropolis, Loïc Wacquant offers a novel interpretation of Pierre Bourdieu …

Policing in America, Ninth Edition, provides a thorough analysis of the key issues in policing
today, and offers an issues-oriented discussion focusing on critical concerns such as …

While the scale and consequences of mass incarceration in the United States have been
well-documented over the past two decades, sociologists have focused less attention on …

Whenever the topic of large jails and public hospitals in urban America is raised, a single
idea comes to mind. It is widely believed that because we as a society have dis-invested …

Planners and policymakers are increasingly interested in heat resilience, but there is little
evidence about heat exposure, health risks, and adaptive strategies among people …

Can democratic participation reduce inequalities in citizenship produced by policing? We
argue that citizen participation in policing produces a paradox, which we call asymmetric …

Based on interviews and ethnography, this article analyzes how racialized gender policing
in public space and service organizations deprives transgender women of survival …