{"id":2,"date":"2019-01-24T16:24:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-30T17:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:13:32","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chiara Packard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Utah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her research interests are in the sociology of punishment, law and society, criminalization of poverty, and inequality. Her work is motivated by a concern for how systems of punishment can exacerbate race and class inequalities and further marginalize vulnerable groups. She has published work in Law & Social Inquiry<\/em>, Violence Against Women<\/em>, and other venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chiara’s book project turns the scholarly gaze upwards, to one of the most powerful, yet understudied, actors in the criminal legal system: prosecutors. She spent twelve months conducting ethnographic fieldwork in two mid-sized Midwestern District Attorney\u2019s offices, shadowing prosecutors to understand how they make decisions about charging, plea-bargaining, and sentencing recommendations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chiara’s research has been generously supported by the American Sociological Association (ASA DDRIG)<\/a>, the UW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty<\/a>, the UW-Madison Graduate School, and the University of Wisconsin Law School and Institute for Legal Studies<\/a>. One of her articles was the winner of the Lindesmith Graduate Student Paper Award<\/em> from the Society for the Study of Social Problems’ Law & Society Division, received Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Student Paper Award<\/em> from the American Society of Criminology’s Crime, Law, and Deviance Section, and received third place for the Gene Carte Student Paper Award <\/em>from the American Society of Criminology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about Chiara’s research. You can also follow her on Twitter<\/a> @chiarapack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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