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Month: August 2017

The Struggle for Criminal Justice Reform

August 31, 2017 Michelle Phelps Imprisonment, Research on protest & social movements

This is a guest post by Michelle Phelps, Joshua Page, and Philip Goodman. The history of criminal justice in the U.S. is often described as a pendulum, swinging back and forth between strict punishment and lenient rehabilitation. Before the election of President Donald J. Trump, many argued the pendulum was

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The Harmful Effects of Implicit Racial Bias in the Police

August 24, 2017 Andrew Clark Police, Social issues, Sociology, Talking and teaching about race

In a study of police body camera footage recently undergone by researchers at Stanford University, it was found that police officers on average spoke less respectfully to black residents than their white counterparts. This meant that black community members were less likely to be addressed with a formal greeting, titles

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Preparing to Teach About Race

August 22, 2017 Pamela Oliver Talking and teaching about race

For nearly 30 years, I’ve taught  “Ethnic Movements in the US,” which takes a social movements approach to comparing the history and politics of American Indians, African Americans, Latinx Americans, and Asian Americans. This course meets the ethnic studies requirement and attracts both students who are actually interested in the

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Prison Isolation is Torture, Ineffective, and Illogical

August 21, 2017 Andrew Clark Criminal justice, Imprisonment, Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement is, at its core, simply what its name suggests; being confined to solitude. Sometimes called disciplinary segregation, administrative segregation, or simply “the hole”, solitary confinement involves cutting a prisoner off from almost all human contact for 22-24 hours a day by placing them in a compact and barren

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Tactical Dilemmas in Resisting White Nationalists

August 20, 2017 Pamela Oliver Social Movements, White Nationalists

As a citizen and human being, I have watched the recent news coming out of Charlottesville with the same horror as many others have felt. White nationalists displaying Nazi symbols, brawling, and someone purposely driving a car into a crowd are all upsetting. As a scholar of social movements and

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Use of Pepper Spray to “Fog” Inmates in Jail: A National Trend?

August 2, 2017 Emma Frankham Imprisonment, Jail, Wisconsin

Police use of force has recently stirred widespread public interest and concern. Recent use of force incidents have been well-publicized on social media due to the ability of the public to witness and video record police actions. However, owing to the fact that the operations of jails and prisons are

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