mugshots

Tracking ancestry and social inequality using American surnames

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:13. May 2026
Post category:Criminology Demographics Economics Immigration Sociology

Our big project was finally published: Van Pelt, D., & Kirkegaard, E. O. (2026). Big Data, Deep Roots: Correlating Surname Genetic Ancestry and Socioeconomic Status across Millions of Americans. Comparative…

Classification error and relative rates

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:20. November 2025
Post category:Criminology Math/Statistics

Our latest big project on mugshots and race misclassification by the US law enforcement. It is currently going viral on X: You can start by reading the thread summary, or…