May 22, 2018
Social Ecology alum Thomas Parham, who is currently UCI's vice chancellor for student affairs, will be taking the reins at Cal State Dominguez Hills as the university's next president. He was featured in the Orange County Register.
May 14, 2018
Charis Kubrin, a professor of criminology, law and society, discusses Spotify's new policy targeting "hate content" with the magazine Variety.
May 11, 2018
Charis Kubrin, a professor of criminology, law and society, discusss California's anti-sanctuary state movement with the LA Times.
Gift endows the Carol Kupers Whalen Fund, which supports students and faculty research.
Professor Carol Whalen joined what was then UCI’s Program in Social Ecology in 1970, the year it was founded.
April 24, 2018
Elizabeth Loftus, a distinguished professor of social ecology, warns about the dangers of doctored videos in an article in Vox.
Prisoners’ view of the inmate grievance system depends on outcome, Social Ecology faculty find.
Prisoners often judge the fairness of the grievance process mainly based on the outcome rather than the merits of the process, according to a study published in Law & Society Review by Valerie Jenness, professor of criminology, law and society, and Kitty Calavita, a Chancellor’s professor emerita of criminology, law and society.
April 19, 2018
In a study Emily Owens, an associate professor of criminology, law and society, did in Seattle, police officers who slowed down their thinking -- and reacted less automatically in tense situations with citizens -- were less like to make an arrest.
Professor Scott Bollens publishes new book on conflict in Jerusalem and Belfast.
In Jerusalem and Belfast, peace is elusive. And achieving it will take more than national-level treaties, says Scott Bollens, professor of urban planning and public policy, and author of a new book on conflict in the two cities.
April 9, 2018
Proposition 47, which reduced prison populations by reclassifying some minor drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors, didn't raise crime, according to research by Charis Kubrin, professor of criminology, law and society.
April 8, 2018
The worries among parents seem pervasive: smart phones are destroying kids.
But the science doesn't back that up, writes Candice Odgers, a professor of psychology and social behavior, in Fortune. Today's kids are among the most educated, least violent and most socially-connected kids in history.