Jeremy Levine

@jeremylevine

Professor at Michigan & Associate Director @umichstonecid.bsky.social Sociologist studying crime victims and the politics of punishment in the U.S.; first book was an ethnography of urban development in Boston.

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Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· 23d

Oh no, this one is even worse, misunderstanding 501c3 AND not understanding endowments 😕

Tweet from Sean Westwood: “Odd that "get billionaire money out of politics" and "universities with $50B endowments should be unrestricted political actors" come from the same people.

Tax exemption is a subsidy. Subsidies come with strings. No principled reason those strings bind a regular 501(c)(3) but not a university.”

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· 23d

Does Westwood engage in good faith or is he blinded by his political beliefs? If the former, someone should tell him this is “up is down, grass is blue” levels of wrong regarding the history, intent, practice, and theory of the 501c3 designation. It is almost an exact 1:1 opposite of true!

Tweet from Sean Westwood: “No, but the academy cannot pretend that the political views of half the country are illegitimate and still expect funding and support from the public.

If you believe there needs to be pushback against the right, the place for it is a PAC or a campaign, not a 501(c)(3).”

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· 26d

Yes, also thought this response was funny lol

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jul 14

You can see where this is going...

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jul 14

Yeah I should clarify, he uses the example of hate crime enhancements to support his positive normative view of punishment: that punishment establishes civic equity. I don't read it as a statement about enhancements but using it 2 show how 1 can support punishment without reducing it to retribution.

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jul 12

If you’re jokingly keeping a tally of how people on a different social media website are responding to an essay you wrote so you can dunk on them, you are a huge loser lmao

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jun 18

Oh man, this politically motivated bias in sociology is so bad, look at this contrast. I wonder what happened to these guys' careers! Oh, huh, you're telling me Regnerus was subsequently promoted to full professor and Stewart got a bunch of articles retracted and fired from his job?

Sociologists are eager to punish those who deviate from the narrative. In 2012, Mark Regnerus, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas, published a study showing that children raised by same-sex parents tended to fare worse on social and economic outcomes compared to those raised by heterosexual families. His findings contradicted the sociological consensus that children raised by same-sex parents experience no disadvantages, sparking intense backlash. Critics attacked the study’s methodology, peer-review process, and even suggested that conservative organizations funded it.

Despite an inquiry that cleared Regnerus of scientific misconduct, sociologists remained hostile to his findings, viewing them as a challenge to the “sacred project” of social justice. By contrast, when the sociologist Eric Stewart engaged in large-scale data fabrication to support the narrative of systemic racism, journal editors and research gatekeepers suppressed the information, despite compelling evidence of misconduct.

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jun 18

I trust this guy with upholding the standards of science, for sure.

Screenshot of Tweet from Eric Kaufmann
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Emotional blackmail from woke activists and intellectual dishonesty from cowed liberals is killing academia, plunging us into an intellectual dark age.

My review of
@NigelBiggar's must-read New Dark Age is now out at @LawLiberty

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jun 18

Assuming authors don't write headlines, the article doesn't identify what needs to be changed? Assign conservative takes on gender to gin up disagreement? And does soc of gender categorical deny existence of sex? I thought it was just: gender & sex aren't the same. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jun 18

'Sociology research is politically motivated, and therefore untrue. My evidence is that a bunch of undergrad classes assigned a pop press book by a civil rights attorney that made misleading points. To show how the book was uncritically accepted, here's a well-known critical review by a historian.'

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jun 9

This is a random one (Wilt in the 60s really is a cheat code)

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jun 7

My 10 year old has hit it 6 times. As best I can tell, key is to get 3 all-time top 50 players, and then round out with two underrated stats merchants. Wilt in the 60s has been a cheat code for him.

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Feb 25

Harper has proven himself to be an only slightly smarter TCW. Follow the logic of this quip: We're overreacting about supposedly racist slights, except when it's about me, then it's racist, but also I don't believe it is, so you should feel bad, but I don't. www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Feb 16

This is exactly what I'd expect the meeting against Ann Arbor's comprehensive plan to look like.

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Feb 6

Yet *another* paper from this project: "Racial Disparities in Victim Compensation Program Claim Approvals for Adult Survivors of Sexual Assault: 18 US States, 2015–2023," forth. in the American Journal of Public Health with more A+ coauthors. Open access 🔗: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10....

Objectives. To examine racial/ethnic disparities in victim compensation claim approval rates for adult survivors of sexual assault.

Methods. We analyzed administrative data from 18 US state victim compensation programs (2015–2023), covering 45 934 claims from adult sexual assault survivors. We used multivariable linear probability models to examine predictors of claim approval, adjusting for survivor age and state and year fixed effects.

Results. Of all claims, 93.4% were from women; 41.7% were from White, 20.8% were from Latina, and 15% were from Black applicants. Black and Indigenous women’s claims were less likely to be approved than were White women’s (P < .001). The most common denial reason was lack of evidence that a crime had occurred (34.4%). Racial/ethnic disparities appear to be driven by administrative paperwork burdens. Approval rates varied widely, from 29.4% in Illinois to 94.1% in New Hampshire. Claims referred by hospitals or law enforcement had higher probabilities of approval than did those referred by other sources.

Conclusions. Racial disparities exist in victim compensation claim approvals.

FIGURE 2— Denied Claims for Women Sexual Assault Survivors by Denial Reason: 18 US States, 2015–2023

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Feb 5

Proud to share *another* paper from this project, with a group go amazing coauthors: "Racial Disparities in Victim Compensation Among Homicide Survivors in the United States", forthcoming in Race and Justice. Link below 👇: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This study investigates racial disparities in victim compensation among families of homicide victims across 18 U.S. states from 2015 to 2023. Using individual-level administrative data and national expenditure records, we find that families of Black homicide victims file more claims than any other group but have lower approval rates than families of White victims. We document statistically significant racial disparities in claim approvals, even after controlling for gender, state, and application year. The disparity is especially pronounced in denials attributed to “contributory misconduct,” a discretionary determination made largely by law enforcement assessing whether the deceased was engaged in conduct, broadly defined, that may have contributed to their victimization. Contributory misconduct accounted for nearly one-third of all denials, and families of Black victims comprised 57% of such denials despite accounting for only 46% of claims. Our findings show that this mechanism, alongside others such as incomplete applications and statutory ineligibility, disproportionately impacts Black families. These patterns suggest that discretionary and potentially racially biased judgments embedded in the compensation process can exacerbate structural inequalities in access to victim services. Our findings support recent but withdrawn proposals to revise the federal Victims of Crime Act Compensation Guidelines.

Figure 3. Black–White Gaps in Predicted Probability of Claim Approval for Families of Homicide Victims

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Feb 4

Yup, it can be for several reasons, from hearing loss to students who have difficult time processing information quickly. This was from the office when I had asked my question:

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Feb 4

Their position seems to be: If students are allowed to take notes, then students with accommodations are allowed to record, period. I'm certain the disability office has not considered the matter further; their job is to advocate/enforce, for better or worse.

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Feb 4

Proud to share my recently published article in Law & Society Review: "Whose victimization pays? Policing innocent victimhood in victim compensation law". The article explores how policing affects the recognition of crime victims under victim compensation law. 🔗👇: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Abstract

Front-line workers mediate law on the books and law in action, translating higher-level laws into local policy. One important mediating institution is the police. Whereas most research analyzes how the law empowers police to label certain denizens “criminals” – both within and outside criminal legal contexts – this article demonstrates how policing also affects who is recognized as an innocent crime victim. Synthesizing existing scholarship, I theorize three paths through which police can affect legal recognition of crime victims: criminalization, minimization, and legal estrangement. I then test the extent to which these processes affect victims’ access to public benefits provided under victim compensation law. Drawing on never-before-analyzed administrative data from 18 U.S. states (N = 768,382), I find police account for more than half of all victim benefits denials. These denials are racialized and gendered: Police are significantly more likely to criminalize and be estranged from Black male victims and significantly more likely to minimize the injuries of Black female victims. Additional qualitative data suggest police systematically perceive Black men as not truly innocent and Black survivors of gender-based violence as not truly victims. These findings advance our understanding of the expansive role of police in society as well as the porous boundary between social provision and social control.

Figure 6. Predicted probability of “failure to cooperate” denials.

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jan 31

Having had the displeasure of sitting on a PhD admissions committee with Nicholas, it does not surprise me at all that this was his iPhone email signature.

Nicholas Christakis’s pompous iPhone email signature

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jan 19

Post saying: "I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States."

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Dec 16

Bombs painted pink are still bombs

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Oct 9

Always a pleasure to visit one of the prettiest campuses in America

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Aug 29

Method Man at the Blind Pig, 2007. He crowd surfed *standing up* and I held him up while he kicked one of the stage lights. Inspectah Deck opened and performed Triumph and CREAM; during CREAM he jumped into the audience—that’s me in the bottom right corner in the second screenshot.

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Aug 26

This is in the "theoretical context" section in a theory article arguing (with n=4 & a non-causal design) that the % of libs in sociology causes journals 2 publish fewer causal papers & not have open science norms. Not sure what family structure-->racial inequality has to do with open science norms?

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Aug 21

Nice trip to Albany to speak to victim service providers in the state. Connecting research—>policy—>practice is one of my favorite and most impactful things I do.

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Aug 6

What is happening

Google search result showing link to page "Article 1 Section 9 Clause 1 - Constitution Annotated

Website for Constitution Annotated, with an oil painting of George Washington and a title, "Page Not Found."

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jul 22

Fascinating article by Ben Rohr & John Levi Martin on the emergence of parties in American politics, arguing that parties formed around structural issues related to deciding the rules of the game: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Jeremy Levine@jeremylevine· Jun 26

Now in terms of public universities, he raises the important point that there is, by law, state government oversight. But then he starts talking superficially about "tax dollars" without going any deeper. So 12% of funding means 100% control?