This Week in Sociological Perspective

This week we discuss parents' hiring of a private security firm to patrol a campus area neighborhood in Philadelphia. And, I speak with Professor Mike Vuolo of Ohio State University about his recent paper titled "Surveillance, Self-Governance, and Mortality: The Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on U.S. Overdose Mortality, 2000–2016." The paper is to be published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and is co-authored by Laura C. Frizzell and Brian C. Kelly.

Segment 1 – Mike Vuolo on "Surveillance, Self-Governance, and Mortality: The Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on U.S. Overdose Mortality, 2000–2016."

Segment 2 – Private Patrolling, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty

This week we discuss some insights from World War II and the nuclear stand-off in its aftermath. And, I speak with Professor Daniel Karell of Yale University about his recent paper titled "Small town propaganda: The content and emotions of politicized digital local news in the United States." The paper is to be published in Poetics, and is co-authored by Anjali Agrawal.

Segment 1 – Daniel Karell on "Small town propaganda: The content and emotions of politicized digital local news in the United States."

Segment 2 -- Insights from World War II, other conflicts, and the nuclear stalement of the latter half of the 20th century.

This week we consider the Argus II retinal implant system as an example of orphan medical technology, and contrast its treatment with the responses to two other instances of orphan technology. But first, I recently spoke with Professor Colleen Heflin of Syracuse University about her recent paper titled "Exposure to Food Insecurity during Adolescence and Educational Attainment." The paper is to be published in Social Problems and is co-authored by Rajeev Darolia and Sharon Kukla-Acevedo.

Segment 1 -- Colleen Heflin on "Exposure to Food Insecurity during Adolescence and Educational Attainment."

Segment 2 -- Orphan medical technology: models of support and implications of abandonment

This week we discuss the start of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and the analogies some deploy to understand it. And, I speak with Professor Sylwia J. Piatkowska of Florida State University about her recent paper titled "Brexit, Terrorist Attacks, and Hate Crime: A Longitudinal Analysis." The paper is to be published in Social Problems, and is co-authored by Brian J. Stults.

Segment 1 -- Sylwia J. Piatkowska on "Brexit, Terrorist Attacks, and Hate Crime: A Longitudinal Analysis."

Segment 2 -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine in analogical perspective

This week we discuss the move of pro-genocide frameworks into the political mainstream in France. But first, I recently spoke with Chinyere Agbai, doctoral candidate in sociology at Brown University, about her recent paper titled "Shifting neighborhoods, shifting health: A longitudinal analysis of gentrification and health in Los Angeles County." The paper is to be published in Social Science Research, and is sole-authored.

Segment 1 -- Chinyere Agbai on "Shifting neighborhoods, shifting health: A longitudinal analysis of gentrification and health in Los Angeles County"

Segment 2 -- The mainstreaming of frameworks conducive to genocide

This week we take a look back at 2021, with Meredith Phillips, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, UCLA; and Mary Rose, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin.

This week we discuss the efforts of some anti-vaccination Facebook groups to avoid detection and removal. And, I recently spoke with Professor Megan Doherty Bea of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Professor Emily Taylor Poppe of the University of California-Irvine about their recent paper titled "Marginalized legal categories: Social inequality, family structure, and the laws of intestacy." The paper is to be published in the Law and Society Review.

Segment 1 -- Megan Doherty Bea and Emily Taylor Poppe on "Marginalized legal categories: Social inequality, family structure, and the laws of intestacy."

Segment 2 -- Individual and social conditions for the ascendance of opposition to vaccinations.

This week we discuss Britney Spears' conservatorship. And, I recently spoke with Professor Amy August of San José State University about her recent paper titled "Indirect Socialization in Preschool: How Teachers Harness Children's Ability to Shape Peer Behavior." The paper is to be published in Qualitative Sociology, and is sole-authored.

Segment 1 -- Amy August on "Indirect Socialization in Preschool: How Teachers Harness Children's Ability to Shape Peer Behavior."

Segment 2 -- Conservatorships, involuntary confinement, autonomy, and civil liberties.

This week we discuss the drought in California's agricultural central valley. And, I recently spoke with Professor Kerry Ard of Ohio State University about her recent paper titled "Examining the Relationship Between Racialized Poverty Segregation and Hazardous Industrial Facilities in the U.S. Over Time." The paper is to be published in American Behavioral Scientist and is co-authored by Kevin Smiley.

Segment 1 – Kerry Ard on "Examining the Relationship Between Racialized Poverty Segregation and Hazardous Industrial Facilities in the U.S. Over Time."

Segment 2 -- A foreboding glimpse of climate dislocation in the U.S.: Drought, aquifer collapse, and farmer adjustments in California's Central Valley.

This week we juxtapose two recent federal legislative actions: one, the new federal Juneteenth holiday; the other, the heretofore failed effort to pass the "For the People" act. And, I recently spoke with Professor Benjamin Cornwell of Cornell University about his recent paper titled "Network Structure in Small Groups and Survival in Disasters." The paper is to be published in Social Forces, and is co-authored by Jing-Mao Ho.

Segment 1 -- Benjamin Cornwell on "Network Structure in Small Groups and Survival in Disasters."

Segment 2 -- The Juneteenth federal holiday, the For the People act, and congressional responses to recognition versus redistribution proposals.