Contexts

sociology for the public

Winter 2016

Volume: 15 | Number: 1

Evidence is important. Even the most skeptical rely on tested and re-tested scientific certainty every day. And good sociologists hold scientific evidence suspect even as we use the best we have to make the decisions we must.
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Building Walls, Buying Guns

Mo Willow | In Brief

Anti-immigrant ordinances are correlated with increased gun sales at the local level. Further, a greater association between immigrants and crime in local news coverage also results in a significant increase in handgun sales. Read More

Talking Happiness, Security, and Counterinsurgency with Laleh Khalili

Steven W. Thrasher | Q&A

Steven W. Thrasher looks to a security expert’s insights to consider protest, politics, and policing. Read More

The Paper Ceiling

Brittany Dernberger | In Brief

Why do women seem to be missing from so many newspaper stories? Read More

The Unborn and the Undead

Shehzad Nadeem, Susan Markens, Katrina Kimport, Drew Halfmann, Kimala Price, and Deana A. Rohlinger | Viewpoints

Rights and rhetoric clash in abortion politics. Read More

#callmecaitlyn and contemporary trans* visibility

D’Lane Compton and Tristan Bridges | Back Page

D’Lane Compton and Tristan Bridges on the difference between reality show awareness and real-life change. Read More

Winter 2016 Table of Contents

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Winter 2016: Evidence is important. Even the most skeptical rely on tested and re-tested scientific certainty every day. And good sociologists hold scientific evidence suspect … Read More

Digital Punishment’s Tangled Web

Sarah Esther Lageson | Feature

Online mugshots and crime reports comprise an emerging—and sticky—form of extralegal punishment. Read More

English Soccer’s Mysterious Worldwide Popularity

James P. Curley and Oliver Roeder | Trends

Why is the English Premier League so popular worldwide? Read More

Evidence is Important

Syed Ali and Philip Cohen | From the Editors

Evidence is important. Even the most skeptical rely on tested and re-tested scientific certainty every day. And good sociologists hold scientific evidence suspect, even as we use the best we have to make the decisions we must. 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.