Emily Ryo

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Associate Professor of Law & Sociology

699 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90089

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (22)

Understanding Immigration Detention: Causes, Conditions, and Consequences

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 15 (2019), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-17, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-17
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration detention, immigration enforcement, civil confinement, criminal incarceration

Understanding Immigration Detention: Causes, Conditions, and Consequences

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 15, pp. 97-115, 2019
Posted: 09 Nov 2019
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Detained: A Study of Immigration Bond Hearings

Law & Society Review (2016), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 15-31, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS15-29, Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 2628962
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2016
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration detention, immigration courts, bond hearings, judicial decision-making, crimmigration

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A National Study of Immigration Detention in the United States

Southern California Law Review, 2018, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS 18-19, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 18-20
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Emily Ryo and Ian Peacock
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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immigration detention

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Jailing Immigrant Detainees: A National Study of County Participation in Immigration Detention, 1983-2013

USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-32, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-32
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 25 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2021
Emily Ryo and Ian Peacock
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Downloads 315 (165,823)
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Represented But Unequal: The Contingent Effect of Legal Representation in Removal Proceedings

Law & Society Review, Forthcoming, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-29 , USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-29
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 15 Jul 2021
Emily Ryo and Ian Peacock
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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access to justice, immigration courts, removal proceedings, judicial decisionmaking

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On Normative Effects of Immigration Law

13 Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 95 (2017), USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS16-11, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 16-12, Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 2741233
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration law, racial attitudes, implicit bias, explicit bias, expressive theory of law  

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Citizenship Disparities

Forthcoming, Minnesota Law Review
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 12 Mar 2022
Emily Ryo and Reed Humphrey
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Washington, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
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citizenship, naturalization, immigration law, agency decisionmaking

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Moral Judgments, Expressive Functions, and Bias in Immigration Law

Immigration and Nationality Law Review (2016), Forthcoming, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 15-33, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS15-31, Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 2673394
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2017
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Children in Custody: A Study of Detained Migrant Children in the United States

68 UCLA Law Review 136 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-31, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-31
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 15 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2021
Emily Ryo and Reed Humphrey
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Washington, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Downloads 143 (345,435)
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immigration enforcement, immigration detention, migrant children, unaccompanied minors

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Less Enforcement, More Compliance: Rethinking Unauthorized Migration

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 622, 2015, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 15-32, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS15-30, Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 2673397
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2016
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Beyond the Walls: The Importance of Community Contexts in Immigration Detention

Forthcoming, American Behavioral Scientist (2018), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS18-20, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 18-21
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Emily Ryo and Ian Peacock
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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immigration detention, community contexts

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The Importance of Race, Gender, and Religion in Naturalization Adjudication in the United States

119 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences e2114430119 (2022), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-16, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-16
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Jul 2022
Emily Ryo and Reed Humphrey
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Washington, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
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citizenship, naturalization, administrative adjudication, immigration

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Fostering Legal Cynicism through Immigration Detention

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 90, Forthcoming, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS17-11, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 17-9
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 Sep 2017
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Immigration Detention, Legal Cynicism, Legal Socialization

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Legal Attitudes of Immigrant Detainees

51 Law & Society Review 99 (Forthcoming), USC CLASS Research Papers No. CLASS17-10, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 17-8
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Mar 2017
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Representing Immigrants: The Role of Lawyers in Immigration Bond Hearings

Law & Society Review, Vol. 52: 503-531 (2018), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS18-11, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 18-11
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration courts, bond hearings, lawyers, judicial decisionmaking

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Denying Citizenship: Immigration Enforcement and Citizenship Rights in the United States

USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-31, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-31
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2021
Emily Ryo and Ian Peacock
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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citizenship, immigration enforcement, naturalization, denaturalization, deportation

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Detention as Deterrence

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 71, 2019, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-15, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-15
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration detention, deterrence, criminal law

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Deciding to Cross: The Norms and Economics of Unauthorized Migration

78 American Sociological Review 574 (2013)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration enforcement, law, norms, deterrence, legitimacy, procedural fairness, legal attitudes

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The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policies

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 118 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-26, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-26
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 May 2021 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2021
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration enforcement, detention, deportation, deterrence, legal socialization

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Predicting Danger in Immigration Courts

Law and Social Inquiry, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2019, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-16, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-16
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration courts, immigration bond hearings, danger determinations

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The Promise of a Subject-Centered Approach to Understanding Immigration Noncompliance

Journal on Migration and Human Security Vol. 5, pp. 285-296, USC CLASS Research Paper No. 17-22
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Unauthorized Migration, Legal Noncompliance, Subject Centered Approach

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Immigration Detention

Law & Society Review 54:750 (2020), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-30 , USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-30
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 15 Jul 2021
Emily Ryo
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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immigration enforcement, immigration detention