Christopher J. Marier

I am Christopher J. Marier, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the department of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University. I earned my Ph. D. in Criminology from the University of South Florida. Before that, I was a police officer in South Florida. My teaching and research focus primarily on policing, race and justice, and group conflict. My research has been published in leading journals, including Justice Quarterly, Criminology and Public Policy, and Journal of Criminal Justice.

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‘It’s beyond human scale’: AFP defends use of artificial intelligence to search seized phones and emails

The Australian federal police says it had “no choice” but to lean into using artificial intelligence and is increasingly using the technology to search seized phones and other devices, given the vast amount of data examined in investigations. The AFP’s manager for technology strategy and data, Benjamin Lamont, said investigations conducted by the agency involve …

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The Color of Confinement: Racial Bias and Jail Populations Across America

This study builds on the body of research examining whether racial disparities in criminal justice can be attributed to bias. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether there is a relationship between aggregate levels of bias and race-specific incarceration rates in U.S. counties. With data from the Vera Institute of Justice, the …

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