N Petersen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 71075 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | N Petersen |
| NOMBRES | N |
| APELLIDO | Petersen |
| FIRMA | PETERSEN N |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Miami |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3097-2885 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 97 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Does carnival contribute to crime? Examining the spatiotemporal effects of Mardi Gras on New Orleans Crime Trends (2012–2024)
Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Pretrial Justice
Although jurisdictions across the U.S. have implemented pretrial justice reforms with varying support from lawmakers across the political divide, there is limited research exploring public opinion of pretrial justice. This study explores possible partisan dimensions of pretrial justice attitudes, focusing on perceptions of detention as crime control, defendants being undeserving of detention, and detention punishing defendants. Given recent resea…
Decreased Bi-Partisan Support for Pretrial Detention in Less Serious Cases
Despite recent reforms limiting or eliminating cash bail for less serious crimes, we know little about public support for pretrial detention. To help fill this gap, we embedded offense severity experimental manipulations within a national survey administered to 1,368 Americans. While liberals are significantly less likely than conservatives to support pretrial detention in the abstract, these ideological differences largely disappear once offense…
Is There a (Pre)Trial Penalty? Assessing the Joint Impacts of Pretrial Detention and Trial Conviction on Sentencing
This study examines the joint sentencing penalty experienced by defendants detained pretrial and convicted via jury trial. The focal concerns and cumulative disadvantage frameworks suggest these defendants are sentenced most severely because early case decisions make them appear especially culpable, dangerous, and irredeemable during later case decisions. We use propensity-score regression analyses to test this hypothesis, analyzing data on defen…
Revisiting the Use of Total Incarceration Variables in Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing
Research on sentencing typically measures the sentence with either a dichotomous in/out variable that combines prison and jail sentences, or with a continuous variable of the length of the sentence. Holleran and Spohn called this into question, arguing that combining prison and jail into a “total incarceration” measure can lead to overly simplistic findings. We use data from Miami-Dade County, Florida ( N = 40,240) to replicate and extend Hollera…
Spatial-Racial Disparities in California's Capital Punishment
Although a vast literature has documented racial or geographic disparities in capital punishment, scholars have largely ignored the intersecting influences of race and geography on death sentencing that perpetuate spatial-racial inequalities. Building off research identifying racialized "hotspots" in non-capital sentencing, we developed a novel dataset linking all homicides and death sentences in California over three decades (1987-2019) to exami…
Punishing Neighborhood “Outsiders”
This study examines how “outsider” arrests (i.e., arrests that happen in neighborhoods where defendants do not reside) and other covariates impact community-level punishment outcomes. Using census tract-level data on drug, violent, and property crime arrests occurring in Miami- Dade County (Florida) between 2012 and 2015, we estimate negative binomial regression models across three key punishment stages (pretrial detention, conviction, incarcerat…
The Rise of Progressive Prosecutors in the United States
Throughout much of the United States, progressive chief prosecutors (PCPs) have campaigned for office by pledging to end mass incarceration and reduce disparities therein. In this review, we summarize the progressive prosecution movement and the evidence base concerning PCPs. We attribute the rising number of PCPs to a disjuncture between the criminal justice policy preferences of state-level policymakers and voters. Although voters, especially i…
Do progressive prosecutors increase crime? A quasi‐experimental analysis of crime rates in the 100 largest counties, 2000–2020
Research summary In recent years, there has been a rise in so‐called “progressive prosecutors” focused on criminal justice reforms. Although there has been considerable debate about the relationship between progressive prosecution policies and crime rates, there has been surprisingly little empirical research on the topic. Building on the limited extant research, we examined whether the inauguration of progressive prosecutors in the nation's 100 …
Cumulative Colorism in Criminal Courts
Detecting racial inequalities in criminal justice
Criminal history inquiries and minority threat in the legal profession
While all but one U.S. law school and every state bar ask about criminal history on their admissions application, such inquiries vary considerably in the depth of information sought. One potential explanation for variations in the depth of criminal history inquiries among law schools and state bars relates to minority threat dynamics. Drawing on data quantifying the depth of criminal history inquiries for 190 ABA‐approved law schools and all stat…
Colorism in Punishment among Hispanics in the Criminal Justice System
Although scholars have documented skin tone stratification in punishment and among Hispanics in some domains, no study has examined colorism among Hispanics across multiple stages of the criminal justice process. By linking official court records and mugshot photographs of a sample of 6,523 adults arrested in Miami-Dade County between 2012 and 2015, we examine whether Hispanics are subjected to colorism, and the role of selection in shaping the a…
Mobility, Inequality, and Beliefs About Distribution and Redistribution
Classic theory has long been interested in mobility, but with limited attention to the implications of intergenerational movement for inequality-specific beliefs. In this article, we introduce a dynamic conception and modeling of the impact of intergenerational occupational mobility on inequality orientations generally and distributive and redistributive beliefs in particular. The diagonal models we employ using 2008–2010 General Social Survey sa…
They’re just different
Taking Roll
For those with a criminal history, higher education can facilitate successful reentry and desistance from crime. Still, a number of obstacles discourage the pursuit of higher education by the formerly incarcerated. One such obstacle is the prevalence of stigmatization and discrimination toward those with criminal justice system involvement on college campuses. Nonetheless, there is a lack of research on how college students conceive of their form…
Historic Lynching and Corporal Punishment in Contemporary Southern Schools
This study examines how corporal punishment in contemporary public schools, a disciplinary practice concentrated in southeastern U.S. states, relates to histories of lynching in the region. Using school-level data from the U.S. Department of Education, we examine these relationships in a series of multi-level regression models. After controlling for numerous school- and county-level factors, we find an increased likelihood of corporal punishment …
Public perceptions of felon-juror exclusion
Despite the pervasiveness of felon-juror exclusion, this is the first study to systematically explore public opinions about the exclusion of convicted felons from voting and jury service. While results from 815 Californians revealed greater support for felon-voters than for felon-jurors, a majority opposed felon-juror exclusion and rejected the rationales for doing so. Findings also revealed stark ideological divides, as conservatives were less l…
Institutionalizing inequality in the courts
A significant body of literature has examined racial and ethnic inequalities in sentencing, focusing on how individual court actors make decisions, but fewer scholars have examined whether disparities are institutionalized through legal case factors. After finding racial and ethnic inequalities in pretrial detention, conviction, and incarceration based on 4 years of felony court data ( N = 83,924) from Miami‐Dade County, we estimate nonlinear dec…
Is the Process the Only Punishment
Although misdemeanors make up the bulk of criminal cases in the United States, the majority of research on court decision‐making examines felony sentencing. In contrast to felony courts, lower‐level courts are characterized by higher case volumes and increased reliance on informal sanctions, which may contribute to greater racial–ethnic disparities. To assess this possibility, we examine pretrial detention and case processing outcomes for misdeme…
Particularism and racial mobility into privileged occupations
Characterizing the spatial mismatch between intimate partner violence related healthcare services and arrests in Miami-Dade County, Florida
These findings underscore the need to further evaluate the adequacy of IPV-related healthcare resources for secondary prevention relative to local IPV arrest rates, particularly within economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Our approach demonstrates the utility of GIS for identifying potential priority regions for IPV prevention efforts and resource allocation
Making Black Lives Matter
Neighbourhood context and unsolved murders
Prior research indicates that victim and crime characteristics shape homicide investigations, yet less is known about the effects of neighbourhood demographics. Drawing upon several theoretical perspectives, this study examines the neighbourhood context of homicide investigations. Multilevel logistic regressions disentangle the effects of covariates at the agency, neighbourhood, and individual level on homicide investigations in Los Angeles Count…
Ii Simpósio Internacional Sobre a Justiça
Crônica do Simpósio
Institutionalizing inequality in the courts
A significant body of literature has examined racial and ethnic inequalities in sentencing, focusing on how individual court actors make decisions, but fewer scholars have examined whether disparities are institutionalized through legal case factors. After finding racial and ethnic inequalities in pretrial detention, conviction, and incarceration based on 4 years of felony court data ( N = 83,924) from Miami‐Dade County, we estimate nonlinear dec…
Making Black Lives Matter
Historic Lynching and Corporal Punishment in Contemporary Southern Schools
This study examines how corporal punishment in contemporary public schools, a disciplinary practice concentrated in southeastern U.S. states, relates to histories of lynching in the region. Using school-level data from the U.S. Department of Education, we examine these relationships in a series of multi-level regression models. After controlling for numerous school- and county-level factors, we find an increased likelihood of corporal punishment …
Neighbourhood context and unsolved murders
Prior research indicates that victim and crime characteristics shape homicide investigations, yet less is known about the effects of neighbourhood demographics. Drawing upon several theoretical perspectives, this study examines the neighbourhood context of homicide investigations. Multilevel logistic regressions disentangle the effects of covariates at the agency, neighbourhood, and individual level on homicide investigations in Los Angeles Count…
Is the Process the Only Punishment
Although misdemeanors make up the bulk of criminal cases in the United States, the majority of research on court decision‐making examines felony sentencing. In contrast to felony courts, lower‐level courts are characterized by higher case volumes and increased reliance on informal sanctions, which may contribute to greater racial–ethnic disparities. To assess this possibility, we examine pretrial detention and case processing outcomes for misdeme…
Colorism in Punishment among Hispanics in the Criminal Justice System
Although scholars have documented skin tone stratification in punishment and among Hispanics in some domains, no study has examined colorism among Hispanics across multiple stages of the criminal justice process. By linking official court records and mugshot photographs of a sample of 6,523 adults arrested in Miami-Dade County between 2012 and 2015, we examine whether Hispanics are subjected to colorism, and the role of selection in shaping the a…
Particularism and racial mobility into privileged occupations
The Rise of Progressive Prosecutors in the United States
Throughout much of the United States, progressive chief prosecutors (PCPs) have campaigned for office by pledging to end mass incarceration and reduce disparities therein. In this review, we summarize the progressive prosecution movement and the evidence base concerning PCPs. We attribute the rising number of PCPs to a disjuncture between the criminal justice policy preferences of state-level policymakers and voters. Although voters, especially i…
Cumulative Colorism in Criminal Courts
Public perceptions of felon-juror exclusion
Despite the pervasiveness of felon-juror exclusion, this is the first study to systematically explore public opinions about the exclusion of convicted felons from voting and jury service. While results from 815 Californians revealed greater support for felon-voters than for felon-jurors, a majority opposed felon-juror exclusion and rejected the rationales for doing so. Findings also revealed stark ideological divides, as conservatives were less l…
Spatial-Racial Disparities in California's Capital Punishment
Although a vast literature has documented racial or geographic disparities in capital punishment, scholars have largely ignored the intersecting influences of race and geography on death sentencing that perpetuate spatial-racial inequalities. Building off research identifying racialized "hotspots" in non-capital sentencing, we developed a novel dataset linking all homicides and death sentences in California over three decades (1987-2019) to exami…
Do progressive prosecutors increase crime? A quasi‐experimental analysis of crime rates in the 100 largest counties, 2000–2020
Research summary In recent years, there has been a rise in so‐called “progressive prosecutors” focused on criminal justice reforms. Although there has been considerable debate about the relationship between progressive prosecution policies and crime rates, there has been surprisingly little empirical research on the topic. Building on the limited extant research, we examined whether the inauguration of progressive prosecutors in the nation's 100 …
Ii Simpósio Internacional Sobre a Justiça
Crônica do Simpósio
Neighbourhood context and unsolved murders
Prior research indicates that victim and crime characteristics shape homicide investigations, yet less is known about the effects of neighbourhood demographics. Drawing upon several theoretical perspectives, this study examines the neighbourhood context of homicide investigations. Multilevel logistic regressions disentangle the effects of covariates at the agency, neighbourhood, and individual level on homicide investigations in Los Angeles Count…
Making Black Lives Matter
Characterizing the spatial mismatch between intimate partner violence related healthcare services and arrests in Miami-Dade County, Florida
These findings underscore the need to further evaluate the adequacy of IPV-related healthcare resources for secondary prevention relative to local IPV arrest rates, particularly within economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Our approach demonstrates the utility of GIS for identifying potential priority regions for IPV prevention efforts and resource allocation
Particularism and racial mobility into privileged occupations
Public perceptions of felon-juror exclusion
Despite the pervasiveness of felon-juror exclusion, this is the first study to systematically explore public opinions about the exclusion of convicted felons from voting and jury service. While results from 815 Californians revealed greater support for felon-voters than for felon-jurors, a majority opposed felon-juror exclusion and rejected the rationales for doing so. Findings also revealed stark ideological divides, as conservatives were less l…
Institutionalizing inequality in the courts
A significant body of literature has examined racial and ethnic inequalities in sentencing, focusing on how individual court actors make decisions, but fewer scholars have examined whether disparities are institutionalized through legal case factors. After finding racial and ethnic inequalities in pretrial detention, conviction, and incarceration based on 4 years of felony court data ( N = 83,924) from Miami‐Dade County, we estimate nonlinear dec…
Is the Process the Only Punishment
Although misdemeanors make up the bulk of criminal cases in the United States, the majority of research on court decision‐making examines felony sentencing. In contrast to felony courts, lower‐level courts are characterized by higher case volumes and increased reliance on informal sanctions, which may contribute to greater racial–ethnic disparities. To assess this possibility, we examine pretrial detention and case processing outcomes for misdeme…
They’re just different
Taking Roll
For those with a criminal history, higher education can facilitate successful reentry and desistance from crime. Still, a number of obstacles discourage the pursuit of higher education by the formerly incarcerated. One such obstacle is the prevalence of stigmatization and discrimination toward those with criminal justice system involvement on college campuses. Nonetheless, there is a lack of research on how college students conceive of their form…
Historic Lynching and Corporal Punishment in Contemporary Southern Schools
This study examines how corporal punishment in contemporary public schools, a disciplinary practice concentrated in southeastern U.S. states, relates to histories of lynching in the region. Using school-level data from the U.S. Department of Education, we examine these relationships in a series of multi-level regression models. After controlling for numerous school- and county-level factors, we find an increased likelihood of corporal punishment …
Mobility, Inequality, and Beliefs About Distribution and Redistribution
Classic theory has long been interested in mobility, but with limited attention to the implications of intergenerational movement for inequality-specific beliefs. In this article, we introduce a dynamic conception and modeling of the impact of intergenerational occupational mobility on inequality orientations generally and distributive and redistributive beliefs in particular. The diagonal models we employ using 2008–2010 General Social Survey sa…
Detecting racial inequalities in criminal justice
Criminal history inquiries and minority threat in the legal profession
While all but one U.S. law school and every state bar ask about criminal history on their admissions application, such inquiries vary considerably in the depth of information sought. One potential explanation for variations in the depth of criminal history inquiries among law schools and state bars relates to minority threat dynamics. Drawing on data quantifying the depth of criminal history inquiries for 190 ABA‐approved law schools and all stat…
Colorism in Punishment among Hispanics in the Criminal Justice System
Although scholars have documented skin tone stratification in punishment and among Hispanics in some domains, no study has examined colorism among Hispanics across multiple stages of the criminal justice process. By linking official court records and mugshot photographs of a sample of 6,523 adults arrested in Miami-Dade County between 2012 and 2015, we examine whether Hispanics are subjected to colorism, and the role of selection in shaping the a…
Punishing Neighborhood “Outsiders”
This study examines how “outsider” arrests (i.e., arrests that happen in neighborhoods where defendants do not reside) and other covariates impact community-level punishment outcomes. Using census tract-level data on drug, violent, and property crime arrests occurring in Miami- Dade County (Florida) between 2012 and 2015, we estimate negative binomial regression models across three key punishment stages (pretrial detention, conviction, incarcerat…
The Rise of Progressive Prosecutors in the United States
Throughout much of the United States, progressive chief prosecutors (PCPs) have campaigned for office by pledging to end mass incarceration and reduce disparities therein. In this review, we summarize the progressive prosecution movement and the evidence base concerning PCPs. We attribute the rising number of PCPs to a disjuncture between the criminal justice policy preferences of state-level policymakers and voters. Although voters, especially i…
Do progressive prosecutors increase crime? A quasi‐experimental analysis of crime rates in the 100 largest counties, 2000–2020
Research summary In recent years, there has been a rise in so‐called “progressive prosecutors” focused on criminal justice reforms. Although there has been considerable debate about the relationship between progressive prosecution policies and crime rates, there has been surprisingly little empirical research on the topic. Building on the limited extant research, we examined whether the inauguration of progressive prosecutors in the nation's 100 …
Cumulative Colorism in Criminal Courts
Political Ideology and Attitudes Toward Pretrial Justice
Although jurisdictions across the U.S. have implemented pretrial justice reforms with varying support from lawmakers across the political divide, there is limited research exploring public opinion of pretrial justice. This study explores possible partisan dimensions of pretrial justice attitudes, focusing on perceptions of detention as crime control, defendants being undeserving of detention, and detention punishing defendants. Given recent resea…
Decreased Bi-Partisan Support for Pretrial Detention in Less Serious Cases
Despite recent reforms limiting or eliminating cash bail for less serious crimes, we know little about public support for pretrial detention. To help fill this gap, we embedded offense severity experimental manipulations within a national survey administered to 1,368 Americans. While liberals are significantly less likely than conservatives to support pretrial detention in the abstract, these ideological differences largely disappear once offense…
Is There a (Pre)Trial Penalty? Assessing the Joint Impacts of Pretrial Detention and Trial Conviction on Sentencing
This study examines the joint sentencing penalty experienced by defendants detained pretrial and convicted via jury trial. The focal concerns and cumulative disadvantage frameworks suggest these defendants are sentenced most severely because early case decisions make them appear especially culpable, dangerous, and irredeemable during later case decisions. We use propensity-score regression analyses to test this hypothesis, analyzing data on defen…
Revisiting the Use of Total Incarceration Variables in Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing
Research on sentencing typically measures the sentence with either a dichotomous in/out variable that combines prison and jail sentences, or with a continuous variable of the length of the sentence. Holleran and Spohn called this into question, arguing that combining prison and jail into a “total incarceration” measure can lead to overly simplistic findings. We use data from Miami-Dade County, Florida ( N = 40,240) to replicate and extend Hollera…
Spatial-Racial Disparities in California's Capital Punishment
Although a vast literature has documented racial or geographic disparities in capital punishment, scholars have largely ignored the intersecting influences of race and geography on death sentencing that perpetuate spatial-racial inequalities. Building off research identifying racialized "hotspots" in non-capital sentencing, we developed a novel dataset linking all homicides and death sentences in California over three decades (1987-2019) to exami…
Does carnival contribute to crime? Examining the spatiotemporal effects of Mardi Gras on New Orleans Crime Trends (2012–2024)
Criminology (19 obras) · Psychology (18 obras) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (17 obras) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (16 obras) · Political science (16 obras) · Law (15 obras) · Criminal justice (12 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Law (7 obras)