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Natalie Pifer

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Associate Prof & Chair, Dept of Criminology and Criminal @ University of Rhode Island. JD/Phd. Researching prisons with a socio-legal twist. Co-organizer, LSA’s Punishment and Society CRN www.nataliepifer.com

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I haven’t and will check it out! Right now we are using Microsoft’s sharepoint to facilitate collaboration in a secure environment but it’s missing a good search feature… Thanks for the rec!

10.01.2025 13:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

100%. Always interesting to think through how folks are operationalizing the concept for carceral spaces v psy facilities. May not always be a 1-1 match.

27.11.2024 18:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And, Pete Earley’s 2006 book is data rich too on this. It’s hybrid journalism & memoir but often cited to make this point

27.11.2024 17:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Torrey’s work in the 1990s wre one of the classics cites for this- referring to LA, Cook, and Rikers as holding more folks with mental illnesses than any other psy facilities.

27.11.2024 17:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Looking forward to occasionally posting here about my work and my department’s happenings but, as per usual for socials, mostly lurking ;)

25.11.2024 16:11 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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