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Sarah Lageson

Sarah Lageson

Sarah Lageson is an assistant professor at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota. Her current research examines the growth of online crime data, mug shots, and criminal records that create new forms of “digital punishment.” Lageson is a grant recipient of the National Institutes of Justice’s New Investigator Early Career Award for her study of criminal records.

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Guest Appearances
June 11, 2021

Citizen Sleuths

What happens when amateur online crime investigators go too far?

October 16, 2019

Criminal justice experts hope tech can more easily help people expunge prior convictions and arrests

Colleen Chien and Sarah Lageson talk about their research into the modern trials and tribulations of expungement, sealing and criminal records.