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Eric Grommon
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Applied criminologist advancing research and evaluation on a variety of justice system policy and practices.
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This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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You’ll learn about the civic process, connect with fellow Hoosiers

Register at www.madvoters.org/event-detail...

#madvoters
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Marion County (IN) jail releases and one-year re-arrest rates from the Marion County Re-Entry Coalition
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Prison releases to Marion County (IN) and one-year re-arrest rates from the Marion County Re-Entry Coalition
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Perceptions of crime are changing. Fewer than 50 percent of Americans told Gallup that crime rose nationally in the last year for the first time since 2001. Only 30 percent said crime rose locally, also the lowest since 2001.

news.gallup.com/poll/697124/...
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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And what kind of crime are Americans most frequently afraid of? Not the type you hear about in the news. Americans worry most about being the victim of identity theft (69%) and being tricked into providing financial information to scammers (53%). 2/2
October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Murders through August in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, 1960 - 2025:
September 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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WASHINGTON —
August 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Many thanks to my wonderful colleagues for nominating me for the 2025 Student Employee Supervisor of the Year Award from IUI Office of Student Employment!
April 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Great to see colleagues @jamielevdan.bsky.social @cullenmerritt.bsky.social together again!

Also fantastic to see Dr. Merritt’s scholarship on service shaming in the academy making its way out into the world. Congrats Dr. Merritt!
Thank you, NYU Wagner, for the opportunity to speak about my research on service shaming in academia. Grateful to reconnect with my friend & former colleague @jamielevdan.bsky.social. Check out my @insidehighered.com op-ed to learn more about my talk: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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🚨 Job Opportunity: Director, Public Policy Institute at Indiana University 🚨

This tenured faculty position (Full/Associate Professor) in @iuioneill.bsky.social is perfect for someone passionate about applied, community-based research and evaluation.
February 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🚨 Job Opportunity: Director, Public Policy Institute at Indiana University 🚨

This tenured faculty position (Full/Associate Professor) in @iuioneill.bsky.social is perfect for someone passionate about applied, community-based research and evaluation.
February 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Disappointing, but not surprising.
January 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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🚨 New post up at my blog, and think this is an important one.

In an effort to try to push back against vibes with facts, whatever post-fact cynicism we face, I've pulled together and summarized all the articles examining the empirical impact of reform prosecutors.

In short: basically all upside.
Reform Prosecutors Do Not Increase Crime: What the Data Tells Us
Election Day was a bad day for criminal legal reform. Not just because Trump’s victory means that the Heritage Institute will try to harass if not oust reform prosecutors it dislikes, but bec…
johnfpfaff.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:14 PM
@bextraordinary.bsky.social delivering amazing insights on transferring academic training to alt-ac opportunities
Okay, as promised, a quick write-up of some of the ways I tried to think differently about my academic job skills so I could pitch myself outside academia:

rebeccajstone.com/talking-the-...
November 19, 2024 at 9:07 PM
O’Neill School at IU-Indy is hiring an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Area of specialization is open

Review of applications begins September 20th

I'm serving on the search committee and happy to answer any questions you may have

Please apply!

indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25458
Assistant Professor Tenure Track Faculty Position-Criminal Justice
The Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (“O’Neill School” hereafter) at Indiana University (IU) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor of Criminal...
indiana.peopleadmin.com
September 15, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Great summary of the second of three community conversations led by NAACP-Monroe County Branch and Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office a few weeks ago.

The focus was on the use of prosecutorial discretion at bond setting and decisions to release residents from jail

www.idsnews.com/article/2024....
February 25, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Please join our second of three Community Conversations on prosecution with the NAACP and Monroe Co. Prosecutor's Office TOMORROW at the Monroe Co. Public Library - Downtown Branch, Room 1B.

We will discuss if and how how individuals should be released from jail on bond after initial hearings
February 9, 2024 at 11:00 PM