In the Media

Field study students share their thoughts 

Charis Kubrin, professor of criminology, law and society, is interviewed for NPR's “Hidden Brain” podcast. Kubrin speaks about the troubling rise in prosecutions that use rap lyrics to bolster claims that a defendant is violent. 

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Emily Owens, professor of criminology, law and society, offers her expertise in a New York Times article. An excerpt:

The reality is that most Americans don’t believe that crime declined at all. In surveys, they have repeatedly told pollsters that they think crime in America has gone up.

Jessica Borelli, associate professor of psychological science, offers her expertise in a Washington Post article. An excerpt:

Travel-related phobias are notoriously challenging to treat because most people travel only occasionally, according to Jessica Borelli, an associate professor of psychological science at the University of California at Irvine.

Emily Owens, professor of criminology, law and society, speaks to Vox about the problems that led to policing becoming dysfunctional in America.

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When police work becomes too routine and familiar, things go wrong, Emily Owens writes in the Washington Post

Even well-trained interviewers make mistakes, like forgetting to ask open-ended questions, says J. Zoe Klemfuss, assistant professor of psychological science in the May/June issue of Mother Jones. “You’re cognitively having to do so many things at once, while being sympathetic to the child, while getting legally relevant information,” she says. 

Peter Ditto, professor of psychological science, is quoted in an opinion piece in the New York Times. An excerpt:

The “white male effect,” in turn, interacts with differing responses of men and women to the pandemic.

Peter Ditto, a psychologist at the University of California-Irvine, wrote me that

Roxane Silver, professor of psychological science, shares her insight with Vox about different ways people can cope with their anxieties after the COVID-19 quarantine ends. She suggests that "people should understand that their feelings are normal and natural, and they’re not going crazy."

Professor Virginia Parks and Associate Professor Douglas Houston are mentioned in the Orange County Register.