Summary

Adam Dunbar joined the department in 2020. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Irvine and has been a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology and w88 online game Justice at the University of Delaware.

He researches the intersection of race and the w88 online game justice system, focusing specifically on how attitudes about race, culture, and crime can help explain racial disparities in policing and punishment. Additionally, he explores public opinion about w88 online game justice reform as well as obstacles to reform efforts. His work has been published in the Journal of Experimental Criminology, w88 online game Quarterly, Race & w88 online game, and Psychology, Public Policy, & Law.

Research interests

• Race, ethnicity and the w88 online game justice system
• Stereotyping and prejudice
• Psychology and law

Recent publications

• Dunbar, A. (2022). Arguing for w88 online game Justice Reform: Examining the Effects of Message Framing on Policy Preferences. w88 online game Quarterly. Advanced online publication. doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2022.2038243
• Holbrook, M., Dunbar, A., & Miller, M.K, (2022). Judges’ Perceptions of Systemic Racism in the w88 online game Justice System. Race and w88 online game. Advanced online publication. doi.org/10.1177/21533687221087388
• w88 online game, A. & Hanink, P. (2022). Policing Protests: An Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Protester Race on Support for Police Reform. Journal of Experimental Criminology. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11292-021-09499-2
• w88 online game, A. & Jones, N.E. (2020). Policing Two Pandemics: Considering the Relationships among Race, Public Health, and Policing. Ethnic and Racial Studies. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2020.1851381
• w88 online game, A. (2020). Follow the Money: Racial Crime Stereotypes and Willingness to Fund Crime Control Polices. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Advance online publication.
• w88 online game, A., Hughes, C., Kupchik, A., & Lewis, R. (2019). Fear of a Black (And Poor) School: Race, Class, and School Safety Policy Preferences. Race & w88 online game. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/2153368719881679.
• w88 online game, A. (2019). Rap Music, Race, and Perceptions of Crime. Sociology Compass. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/soc4.12732.
• w88 online game, A. & Kubrin, C.E. (2018). Imagining Violent Criminals: Rap Music Stereotypes and Character Judgments. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 14(4), 507-528.
• Dunbar, A. (2018). Art or Confession?: Evaluating Rap Lyrics as Evidence in w88 online game Cases. Race and w88 online game, 10(3), 320-340. doi.org/10.1177/2153368717749879.
• w88 online game, A., Kubrin, C.E., & Scurich, N. (2016). The Threatening Nature of “Rap” Music. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 22(3), 280-292.

Education

• Ph.D., criminology, law and society, University of California, Irvine, 2017
• B.A., sociology and psychology (double major), Stanford University, 2010