Aubrey Jackson Soller
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Jackson Soller's research focuses on how laws and legal systems affect women's lives, examining punishment, gender inequality, and reproductive rights. Her scholarship explores how economic and political conditions shape women's wellbeing and how legal language becomes a tool for control and punishment. Her work examines domestic violence, sexual assault, abortion access, and how neighborhoods affect crime and health. Jackson Soller serves on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women and is a member of the Council on Contemporary Families and the Racial Democracy Crime and Justice Network. She is committed to advancing policies that help women, girls, and families.
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Examines how neighborhood gender inequality influences the mental health effects of violent victimization among adolescents. Finds that boys and girls who experienced violent victimization reported greater psychological distress, but that these effects were shaped by neighborhood conditions—especially levels of gender inequality and access to socioeconomic resources.
Examines the political and demographic factors associated with who sponsored abortion-related legislation in Texas between 1993 and 2015. Finds that lawmakers’ positions on abortion were shaped not only by party affiliation, but also by the racial, economic, and gender makeup of their constituencies, showing how broader social and political dynamics influenced abortion policymaking in the state.
Examines how living in immigrant communities—and spending time in areas with different levels of immigrant concentration—affects adolescent alcohol use. Finds that adolescents living in immigrant-concentrated neighborhoods are generally less likely to use alcohol, but that protective effect weakens when their daily activities exposes them to a wider range of social environments outside their home neighborhoods.
Examines how neighborhood conditions influence women’s risk of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Finds that women were less likely to experience IPV in neighborhoods where women had greater economic and social resources and where communities had stronger collective trust and willingness to intervene, suggesting that both gender equality and neighborhood cohesion can help protect against violence.
Examines why some U.S. states were quicker than others to remove legal protections for marital rape and fully criminalize it. Finds that states are more likely to adopt stronger marital rape laws when women have greater political and economic influence, while existing laws and racial inequality also shape how reform unfold across states.