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Greetings, WSC folks! I’m disappointed not to see you at what is always a high-energy, fun-filled conference, but I wanted to take this time to share some good news and good books with you. Maura Roessner, Criminology & Law Editor I am thrilled to celebrate two award winners...

As we gear up for an online AALS, I’m reminded that last year’s meeting may have been the last “normal” conference gathering for many of us. Was it really one year ago that we all sat together in DC and watched, breathless, Vicki Jackson and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in conversation...

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across several disciplines. Below are several of our recent award winners. Hadar Aviram June Morrison-Tom Gitchoff Founders AwardWestern Society of Criminology Hadar Aviram is Thomas Miller Professor of Law at the ...

Criminology Explains Police Violenceby Philip Matthew Stinson Sr Criminology Explains Police Violence offers a concise and targeted overview of criminological theory applied to the phenomenon of police violence. In this engaging and accessible book, Philip M. Stinson, Sr. highlight...

For the Law and Society Association virtual conference, UC Press Senior Editor Maura Roessner will be on the panel Writing Academic Books on Sunday May 31st at 1 – 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time. Panelists will demystify how academic publishing works and answer questions such as “What kinds o...

By Hadar Aviram, author of Yesterday’s Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole You’ve probably heard these words everywhere in the last few weeks: “We are all in the same storm, but not in the same boat.” These are desperate, scary times for all of us. Consider ...