Amy Myrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 383490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Myrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Myrick |
| SIGNATURE | MYRICK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Misdemeanors
Misdemeanor” is legal term for a grade of criminal offense under a criminal charging system that classifies crimes according to seriousness. Felonies are more serious than misdemeanors and carry more severe formal penalties. In many jurisdictions, the punishment for misdemeanors excludes incarceration in prison. The distinction between misdemeanors and felonies has implications in several areas of sociological inquiry, among them crime statistics…
Facing Your Criminal Record: Expungement and the Collateral Problem of Wrongfully Represented Self
While substantial sociolegal research has analyzed the deleterious effects of criminal records on life outcomes, little has examined the records themselves, or their relationship to the people they represent. In this article I take a novel tact, treating criminal records as the material, textual documentations of an individual's past. I then observe expungement seekers-people who encounter their own records-to understand their reactions. From thi…
Siding with Science: In Defense of ASA’s Dukes vs. Wal-Mart Amicus Brief
qualitative research; research methods; law and social science; employment discrimination; scientific expert
Escape from the Carceral: Writing by American Prisoners, 1895-1916
In Discipline and Punish Foucault argued that the carceral state is inescapable. But is this true? One answer can be found within the ultimate carceral institution: the American prison at the turn of the 20th century. This paper examines writing by American prisoners from between 1890 and 1915, and argues that prisoners’ self-representations fit uneasily into the parameters of Foucault’s carceral state: prisoners ‘escaped’ through religion, gener…
Facing Your Criminal Record: Expungement and the Collateral Problem of Wrongfully Represented Self
While substantial sociolegal research has analyzed the deleterious effects of criminal records on life outcomes, little has examined the records themselves, or their relationship to the people they represent. In this article I take a novel tact, treating criminal records as the material, textual documentations of an individual's past. I then observe expungement seekers-people who encounter their own records-to understand their reactions. From thi…
Siding with Science: In Defense of ASA’s Dukes vs. Wal-Mart Amicus Brief
qualitative research; research methods; law and social science; employment discrimination; scientific expert
Escape from the Carceral: Writing by American Prisoners, 1895-1916
In Discipline and Punish Foucault argued that the carceral state is inescapable. But is this true? One answer can be found within the ultimate carceral institution: the American prison at the turn of the 20th century. This paper examines writing by American prisoners from between 1890 and 1915, and argues that prisoners’ self-representations fit uneasily into the parameters of Foucault’s carceral state: prisoners ‘escaped’ through religion, gener…
Siding with Science: In Defense of ASA’s Dukes vs. Wal-Mart Amicus Brief
qualitative research; research methods; law and social science; employment discrimination; scientific expert
Facing Your Criminal Record: Expungement and the Collateral Problem of Wrongfully Represented Self
While substantial sociolegal research has analyzed the deleterious effects of criminal records on life outcomes, little has examined the records themselves, or their relationship to the people they represent. In this article I take a novel tact, treating criminal records as the material, textual documentations of an individual's past. I then observe expungement seekers-people who encounter their own records-to understand their reactions. From thi…
Misdemeanors
Misdemeanor” is legal term for a grade of criminal offense under a criminal charging system that classifies crimes according to seriousness. Felonies are more serious than misdemeanors and carry more severe formal penalties. In many jurisdictions, the punishment for misdemeanors excludes incarceration in prison. The distinction between misdemeanors and felonies has implications in several areas of sociological inquiry, among them crime statistics…
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Collateral (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)