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Nancy La Vigne

@nancylavigne.bsky.social
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Criminal justice researcher committed to evidence-informed solutions to safety and justice challenges

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School of Criminal Justice @runscj.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Prison doesn’t necessarily reduce reoffendimg. Dr. Larroulet's decade-long SCJ study of ~200 women in Chile found most saw little change in offending after release, but those with the most extensive histories reduced offending the most, especially with access to job training.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Todd Clear showed concentrated incarceration destabilizes communities. Sara Wakefield, our PhD Program Chair, now quantifies the harm one layer down: what happens to the children left behind. Two generations of SCJ scholarship, one throughline. #MassIncarceration Full post: lnkd.in/p/e6izq6RH
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Decades ago, Todd Clear's research changed how I think about mass incarceration. His finding was blunt: when incarceration concentrates too heavily in a single community, it does not make that… | ...
Decades ago, Todd Clear's research changed how I think about mass incarceration. His finding was blunt: when incarceration concentrates too heavily in a single community, it does not make that communi...
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Tune in! Very excited to be talking with Dan about data-driven approaches to road safety on channel 146 on SiriusXM
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm happy to report that this research was recently published in Crime Science in a special issue associated with the 60th anniversary of the seminal publication "Crime as Opportunity." Check it out and let us know what you think! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Widening the aperture of the opportunity lens: engaging local stakeholders in the interpretation of crime concentrations - Crime Science
This article discusses the value of integrating spatial crime analysis with local stakeholder engagement to fully leverage opportunity theory in community crime prevention. We begin by describing the ...
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We conducted a content analysis of articles published in the journal Crime Science and described three case studies based on experiences with the Newark Public Safety Collaborative.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I presented on a paper co-authored with Rutgers University - School of Criminal Justice colleagues Alejandro Giménez Santana, Ph.D., Adriana Santos, and Gaspard Tissandier on the degree to which crime science researchers include stakeholder engagement in their studies and the benefits of doing so.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Following up on my South Africa posts, I should probably mention the reason I was there. It was a pleasure to connect with scholars at the Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis Symposium hosted by at the Southern Africa Wildlife College by Greg Breetzke, Tinus Kruger and Lizette Lancaster.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I have a renewed appreciation for the important work of our wildlife prevention research colleagues and the legacy of Rutgers University - School of Criminal Justice‘s Ronald V. Clarke and his talented protégés including Andrew Lemieux William Moreto and Gohar Petrossian among many others.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I learned that the reserve staff remove the rhinos’ horns and paint their backs orange to prevent poaching. This is a sad necessity to protect wildlife (I’m told their horns do grow back, but still…)
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hello, again - still posting from South Africa. Today I’m sharing some amazing highlights from a safari at Pilanesburg Reserve outside of Johannesburg. Saw a remarkable collection of wildlife including rhino, mongoose, wildebeest , kudu, impala, elephant, zebra, warthog, hippo, giraffe, & steenbock.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It’s a sober reminder that without continued demands for transparency and accountability, history is far too likely to repeat. Perhaps needless to say, researchers have an important role in this work.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
These places embody the very injustices that gave rise to the Mandela Rules, yet in the US we still fall short of meeting even their most basic standards—such as prohibiting more than 15 consecutive days of solitary confinement.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Soweto is the township created by the apartheid government to segregate Black residents on the outskirts of Johannesburg, and a major center of resistance leading up to the 1994 transition to democracy.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Greetings from South Africa, where I’ve arrived early before the environmental criminology conference at the South African Wildlife College at Kruger National Park next weekend. This week in Johannesburg I toured Prison 4, the Apartheid Museum, and Soweto
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Thrilled to share that Dr. Todd Clear was awarded the ASC's Edwin H. Sutherland Award, one of the field's highest honors. He found that overreliance on incarceration generates injustice and crime rather than reducing them. He grew NJ-STEP, raised $10M+ for policy, and mentored 40+ PhD students.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Miseka Diggs served 7 years under NJ mand. min. drug laws. She graduated from RU-N last month at 49. Her story is a clear argument for sentencing reform, and a reminder that every county prosecutor in NJ agrees, the research agrees, and the Legislature still hasn't moved. By Ted Sherman at NJ.com:
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Even prosecutors think N.J.’s ‘war on drugs’ rules should be gone. Why aren’t they?
A state commission has called for sentencing changes to reduce racial disparities, but the Legislature has shown no willingness to act.
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thank you!!
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Nancy La Vigne @nancylavigne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm thrilled to share that I've been elected President of the American Society of Criminology. I'll be taking office in 2028 My priorities: listening to ALL ASC members, making ASC a stronger public voice for criminology, and deepening our commitment to international scholars
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