Ashley Muchow, PhD
CLJ Faculty
Criminology, Law, and Justice
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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Dr. Muchow is an Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice and Co-Director of the Applied Policy Research Lab at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her research examines how systems of social control respond to and reinforce inequality, with particular focus on their entanglements with immigration enforcement, mediated constructions of threat, and broader processes of marginalization and disinvestment. Using primarily quasi-experimental methods, her work has shown that immigration enforcement shapes both voluntary and involuntary contact with police, that media narratives about immigration and crime intensify cooperation with federal enforcement and increase minority arrests, and that broader societal shifts—from fiscal austerity to high-profile police violence—reconfigure the scope and authority of policing in disadvantaged communities. Her work has been published in leading journals, including Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Criminology & Public Policy, the Journal of Urban Economics, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Selected Publications
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Muchow, A. N. and T. Stanishevska. (2025). From headlines to handcuffs: Local news coverage of immigrant crime and Hispanic arrest. Justice Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2025.2550307
- Muchow, A. N. (2025). Media coverage and local cooperation in immigration enforcement. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 51(13): 3473–3500. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2384989
- Muchow, A. N. and A. M. Laurito. (2025). Mental health clinic closures and criminal justice contact in Chicago. Criminology & Public Policy, 24(1): 65–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12683
- Muchow, A. N. (2024). Creating a minority threat: Assessing the spillover effect of local immigrant detention on Hispanic arrests. Criminology, 62(2): 205–235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12367
- Muchow, A. N. (2024). Can community policing reduce the chilling effect of immigration enforcement on Latinx crime reporting? Evidence from Los Angeles. Crime & Delinquency, 70(6–7):1759–1782. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287221125385
- Muchow, A. N., McCarty, W. P., Burke, P., and R. Moreno. (2023). Depolicing in Chicago: Assessing the quantity and quality of policing after the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Justice Quarterly, 40(7): 975–998. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2023.2232007
- Muchow, A. N. (2023). Community-oriented policing and violent crime: Evidence from the Los Angeles Community Safety Partnership. Police Quarterly, 26(4): 545–572. https://doi.org/10.1177/10986111231162353
- Muchow, A. N. and C. Amuedo-Dorantes. (2020). Immigration enforcement awareness and community engagement with police: Evidence from domestic violence calls in Los Angeles. Journal of Urban Economics, 117: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2020.103253