Crim Nerd Starter Pack
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@jnixy.bsky.social
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@kjhealy.co
Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick. https://kieranhealy.org / https://theordinalsociety.com
@johnpfaff.bsky.social
Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
@bradheath.bsky.social
DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com
@mguariglia.bsky.social
Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Visiting Professor at Emory. Book on race and the origins of modern policing out now! MatthewGuariglia.com
@emayfarris.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science who thinks you should care more about local politics (especially sheriffs) and foster dogs. Coauthor of 📖 Power of the Badge out now: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo220537347.html
@johnholbein1.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education @UVA. I share social science.
@barryfriedman1.bsky.social
Professor @nyulaw. Director @policingproject. Litigator, author (and dad). Author - Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission; The Will of the People; Open Book
@thetrace.org
We’re a nonprofit newsroom investigating gun violence in America. Sign up for our newsletters: thetrace.org/newsletter
@jenniferdoleac.bsky.social
Economist. Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures. Host of the Probable Causation podcast. Author of The Science of Second Chances, to be published by Holt in 2026. I study crime & discrimination. https://jenniferdoleac.com
@dsquintana.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology at the University of Oslo | Behavioral neuroendocrinology, psychophysiology, and meta-science 🇦🇺🇨🇴🇳🇴
@aecoppock.bsky.social
Associate Professor (on term) of Political Science at Yale University alexandercoppock.com Persuasion in Parallel: https://alexandercoppock.com/coppock_2023.html Research Design: Declaration, Diagnosis, and Redesign: book.declaredesign.org
@johngramlich.bsky.social
I'm an associate director at the Pew Research Center in Washington, DC. Follow us: @pewresearch.org. Learn more: https://www.pewresearch.org/
@jcschwartzprof.bsky.social
UCLA Law Professor. Civil rights, police accountability, civil procedure. Author of Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable (2023). Learn more at: joannaschwartz.net
@mwilljr.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at @barnard-college.bsky.social of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. Interested in crime & criminal justice through the prism of racial inequality. Website: https://morganwilliamsjr.com/
@jeffasher.bsky.social
Co-Founder AH Datalytics. NOLA kid. Longhorn. Former CIA officer. 2004 Intramural Softball Champion (C-League). Not a criminologist! Newsletter: https://jasher.substack.com/ Jasher@ahdatalytics.com "Some genius, Jeff Asher" - Ann Coulter
@emilynix100.bsky.social
Labor economist and professor @USC @USCMarshall. NOLA born and raised, UNC @MoreheadCain BA and Yale PhD educated. Views are my own. Website: sites.google.com/site/emilyenix/
@respectfulmemes.bsky.social
@meganstevenson.bsky.social
economist & legal scholar studying criminal justice issues. professor of law at UVA. research: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2420348 webpage: https://www.law.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/ms5cj/2914912
@jpinasanchez.bsky.social
Professor of Quantitative Criminology and co-director of the Social Research Methods centre at the University of Leeds. Interested in #Data #Bias #Measurement #CriminalJustice #Sentencing #Disparities. jmpinasanchez.github.io/
@daniel-semenza.bsky.social
Criminologist | Associate Professor at Rutgers University | Director of Research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center | Stoneleigh Fellow
@profsamkamin.bsky.social
Lawprof posting about food, travel, politics, policing, drug policy, Liverpool FC, and poker. Or not at all, probably.
@asjadnaqvi.bsky.social
Here you will find posts on economics ↔ climate change, data analytics + Stata stuff. He/him. Economist @wifo.bsky.social, Wien, AT. Sometimes other affiliations as well. EN/DE/UR. More links: https://github.com/asjadnaqvi
@walterkatz.bsky.social
Defender of the rule of law and due process. Enemy of state violence. Ex: public defender>police oversight>city hall>tech>philanthropy | Opinions are mine MuckRack: https://muckrack.com/walter-katz/articles Signal: walter.94
@mannegerell.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Criminology & co-founder Centre for policing & prevention, Malmö Uni, Sweden. Research on police, the geography of crime & fear, & crime prevention.
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@milophd.bsky.social
Survivor Father Husband Ex-Bouncer Pluviophile Thugonaut Urbanist Professor Awardee Karaoke 📚: (1) Deadly Force: Police Shootings in Urban America and (2) God & Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church-State Collaboration in Black America
@gmhales.bsky.social
Researching/discussing policing, crime and the criminal justice system. Senior Associate Fellow @policefoundationuk.bsky.social but my own views. Based in London, UK.
@frankalready.bsky.social
I study social control, racism, and the welfare state. Member of Rutgers AAUP-AFT. https://f-edwards.github.io
@sarawakefield.bsky.social
Sociologist. Criminologist. Depends on the day which one comes first. Studying incarceration, inequality, and family life. Prone to posting thoughts about soccer and my family that should probably be texts to my friends.
@michaelsierraa.bsky.social
Sociologist: UT Austin 🤘🏽 AY 24/25: Rockefeller Fellow at Princeton University Center for Human Values Author: The Danger Imperative📕💀👮🏽♂️ lnk.bio/michaelsierraa
@bobapel.bsky.social
Social scientist at Rutgers with expertise in criminology and social policy
@emilycleslie.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics @BYU. I study crime and the criminal justice system.
@vitalcitynyc.bsky.social
Enlightening data. New ideas. Civil conversation. Visit us at vitalcitynyc.org
@dralexpiquero.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar at The 🟧_🟩. Former Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (appointed by President Biden). 🇨🇺-🇺🇸
@mattashby.com
I use data to help reduce crime. Associate Professor, Crime Science, UCL. Former police officer. 🌐: mattashby.com
@jeffreybutts.bsky.social
Research Professor and Center Director, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City Univ of New York). Kid from Ohio, living in Manhattan - https://JeffreyButts.net - #justice #criminology #research
@gamecockcentral.bsky.social
Est. 1998. In-depth coverage of South Carolina Gamecocks football, baseball, basketball, recruiting. Home of The Insiders Forum.
@christhomas.bsky.social
Research: punishment & inequality, race, computational social science
@tonykcheng.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Duke University PhD Yale Sociology; JD NYU Law www.tonykcheng.com
@moskos.bsky.social
Author of Back from the Brink. https://t.co/mABbQyS1jf Professor. Writer. New Yorker. Here for the pigeons and also discourse on policing and criminal justice.
@thomasabt.bsky.social
Author, BLEEDING OUT. Founding Director, VRC. Associate Research Professor, UMD. Senior Fellow, CCJ. Opinions, my own.
@lisatompson.bsky.social
Crime Scientist 🏴 -> 🇳🇿 Interested in generating and synthesising evidence for better crime prevention and policing policy. Methodologically promiscuous.
@michellesphelps.bsky.social
Professor at UMN, Sociologist, Mom | Books: Breaking the Pendulum on criminal justice & The Minneapolis Reckoning on the politics of policing | www.michellesphelps.com
@jnixy.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UNO. Forever a Gamecock though. Research interests: police, procedural justice, use of force