USC Dornsife News

USC Dornsife study finds that as of 2019, more than 1.4 million children have lost a family member to a drug overdose, with younger children increasingly affected.

Klein’s work spanned many decades and encompassed 18 books on gang dynamics, intervention and prevention as well as juvenile delinquency.

New USC Dornsife-led research reveals that the nation’s marginalized groups face greater health risks from daily temperature variations than wealthier white populations.

The assistant professor of sociology plans to focus her fellowship on tackling societal challenges through a nationwide study of truth and reconciliation practices.

USC Dornsife’s Brittany Friedman co-leads the creation of the Captive Money Lab and an analysis of the relationship between the prison system, politics and state finances.

Remembering H. Edward Ransford, sociologist and pioneering race relations expert who led influential research on the 1965 Watts Riots and taught for four decades at USC.

USC Dornsife senior Anthony Khoory is fascinated by the many elements — cultural, linguistic and otherwise — that make people “the same, but different.”

Comparing national law enforcement databases with the Fatal Encounters open-source database, USC Dornsife researchers find significant discrepancies in reporting of deaths caused by police.

Models show that some 4 million people in the US have lost a grandparent to COVID-19. But until now, there has been little research that looks into the mental health effects of losing a grandparent.