Census 2020 and its Plan to Count Prison Inmates
Census 2020 is coming! That’s my version of “Winter is Coming!” I think it’s fair to assume that you are probably not as excited about it as me, but that’s okay. I think everything about…
Author Archives: Dr. Andrea Krieg
Is It Rational to Poach Venus Fly Traps?
I have a confession to make… I am a podcast addict. My absolute favorite is called Criminal, and each episode focuses on a different story of crime. As a criminologist who teaches theories of crime, one…
Declining Prison Population Heading Toward Goal of 25 Percent Decline by 2025
Last year, I wrote a post about mass incarceration in the United States and some of the policies that got us there (see the post here. Recently, there has been some new information about these rates.…
Arm Teachers with Tools for Prevention, Not Guns
I, like many others in education, have been thinking a lot about the proposals to arm teachers. I have come to the conclusion that it is a bad idea for a variety of reasons. Teachers…
How Many People Are Waiting in Jail for Their Day in Court?
In the United States, we have agreed that people should not be held in jail because they cannot afford their bail. This leads to greater inequality, where the people who can pay are released, while…
Tough on Crime Policies Lead to Mass Incarceration
“Get tough” and “law and order” policies are what led us to the era of mass incarceration in the United States. Now, you may not have heard this term before, so let me give you…