David Pyrooz

The main story on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was devoted to law enforcement gang databases, which highlighted “On Gangs,” the book authored by David Pyrooz and his colleagues Scott Decker and James Densley. The 24-minute segment can be found

David Pyrooz published an article (with James Densley) in the British Journal of Criminology, “Pulling Back the Curtain on the California Gang Database: Evidence of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities Among 222 Law Enforcement

Jose Sanchez and David Pyrooz published the following article in Health & Justice – “The COVID-19 pandemic and operational challenges, impacts, and lessons learned: A multi-methods study of U.S. prison systems”

David Pyrooz published an article, “The residue of imprisonment: Prisoner reentry and carceral gang spillover,” in Justice Quarterly 

David Pyrooz contributed to reporting by Texas Public Radio on heat-related deaths in the Texas prison system.

David Pyrooz and Jose Sanchez (w/ coauthors John Leverso and James Densley) published an article in the Annual Review of Criminology, titled “History, linked lives, timing, and agency: New directions in developmental and life-

Jose Sanchez and David Pyrooz have a new publication titled "Gang intervention during COVID-19: A qualitative study of multidisciplinary teams and street outreach in Denver'' in the Journal of Criminal Justice. The study examines

Jennifer Tostlebe published an article (w/ David Pyrooz), “Procedural justice, legal orientations, and gang membership: Testing an alternative explanation to understand the gang-misconduct link,” in Criminology, the flagship journal of the

Jenn Tostlebe and David Pyrooz (along with Ryan Labrecque and Bert Useem) have a new article out in Health & Justice, titled: "Reforming solitary confinement: The development, implementation, and processes of a

David Pyrooz published an opinion editorial in The Globe and Mail, “Jails and prisons remain a hotbed for COVID-19. Vaccinate the people who live or work in them,” calling for rapidly expanding access to vaccination and to attend to