Contexts

sociology for the public

Spring 2017

Volume: 16 | Number: 2

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Regulatory Relief for Researchers

Abigail E. Cameron | In Brief

Evenings spent huddled over tedious institutional review board (IRB) applications may be a thing of the past. For too long, IRBs in the U.S. have … Read More

Desperation and Service in the Bail Industry

Joshua Page | Feature

I cold-called Bettie.* Her son, Terrance, had a warrant for a serious crime, and he had turned himself in to the local jail. I’d called Bettie … Read More

Spring 2017 Table of Contents

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“Zombie Durkheim,” © David Witt, DWITT.com, for Contexts Magazine. The Spring 2017 issue of Contexts is available for free … Read More

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Contexts Magazine | From the Editors

This is the Editors’ note for the Spring 2017 issue, posted here before print. Hypatia, a feminist philosophy journal, is making … Read More

Race and Rachel Doležal: An Interview

Ann Morning | Q&A

In June 2015, I got an email from a California radio station asking me for an interview about a person I had never heard of: … Read More

About Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.

It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page.