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    Providing assistance to incarcerated fathers who have child support obligations can help their post-release community reintegration.

Providing assistance to incarcerated fathers who have child support obligations can help their post-release community reintegration.

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Among the growing discussions about race, justice, inequality and incarceration there has been a greater concern over the financial obligations placed on those who are convicted of crimes. In new research, Caterina G. Roman and Nathan W. Link examine the effects of ongoing child support payments on incarcerated fathers after their release, finding that less than a third had […]

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    Questioning the Logic of Broken Windows: Some People “See” More Local Incivilities than Others

Questioning the Logic of Broken Windows: Some People “See” More Local Incivilities than Others

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Many attribute New York’s massive fall in crime that began in the early 1990s to the implementation of the “broken windows” policing policy that sought to reduce “incivilities” – the social and physical indicators of neighborhood deterioration. In new research, Nathan W. Link and James M. Kelly examine the common wisdom that urban incivility leads to fear of crime. […]

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