Research Interests: Crime, Law, and Deviance; Social Control; Racial & Gender Inequalities; Stigma; Disenfranchised Grief; Policing; Demography; Qualitative Methods
Dissertation Title: How Families and Loved Ones Experience the Criminal Justice System: The Role of Support Groups in Mitigating Grief and Loss
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Norah MacKendrick (Chair), Dr. Sara Wakefield, Dr. Ricardo Martinez-Schuldt, and Dr. Brittany Friedman (USC - outside reader)
Publications: Pocinki, Allegra. 2023. “‘I had nowhere to go’: Disenfranchised grief and support groups for families of incarcerated individuals.” Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology 13(1):30-56. https://doi.org/10.21428/88de04a1.1ea83e8a.
Pocinki, Allegra. “Mass Incarceration and Symbiotic Harms: How Families and Loved Ones Experience the Carceral Continuum.” Revise and Resubmit at Social Problems.