Becky Pettit
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, brings the perspectives of demography and economic sociology to the study of social, gender and racial inequalities. Her current projects include a study of the consequences of the rise in the American prison population for the labor market experiences of low-skill men and a study of the role of state policies in institutionalizing gender inequalities in the labor market. |
Major Research Projects:
Sample Publications:
- Western, B.; Pettit, B., (Forthcoming), Mass Imprisonment, Punishment and Inequality in America, Western, B., Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
- Bushway, S.; Pettit, B.; Stoll, M. A.; Weiman, D. F.; Lyons, C., (2007), Status and the Stigma of Incarceration: The Labor Market Effects of Incarceration by Race, Class, and Criminal Involvement, In Barriers to reentry? : the labor market for released prisoners in post-industrial America, Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
- Pettit, Becky and Jennifer Hook. (2005),. The Structure of Women’s Employment in Comparative Perspective, Social Forces, 84:779-801. 2005.
- Western, Bruce and Becky Pettit. (2005), Black-White Wage Inequality, Employment Rates, and Incarceration, American Journal of Sociology, 111:553-578. Winner 2006 James F. Short Jr. Paper Award.
- Pettit, Becky. (2004), Moving and Children’s Social Connections: Neighborhood Context and the Consequences of Moving Low-income Families, Sociological Forum, 19:285-311. 2004.
- Pettit, Becky and Bruce Western. (2004), Mass Imprisonment and the Life Course: Race and Class Inequality in U.S. Incarceration, American Sociological Review, 69:151-169. 2004. Honorable Mention 2003-2005 Sociology of Law Article Prize.
- Pettit, Becky, and Sara S. McLanahan. (2003), Residential Mobility and Children’s Social Capital: Evidence from an Experiment, Social Science Quarterly, 84 (3):632-649. 2003.
For a complete list of publications by Becky Pettit along with abstracts (where available), visit her page in the poverty research section of the website.
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Contact Information:
Becky Pettit
Email: bpettit@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.soc.washington.edu/people/faculty_detail.asp?UID=bpettit
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