3252 - Policing Black and Brown Bodies

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Issues of social justice and criminal justice processes are deeply connected in United States society. In recent years sociologists have suggested that the criminal justice system, via the mechanism of militarized police practices and mass police surveillance, has operated as a fundamental mechanism of the state in the oppression of Black and Brown communities. In connection with the theme of social justice, this special session brings together experts who critically analyze the policing of Black and Brown bodies, the implications for the reproduction of white domination, and the implications for social equity and social justice.

Sub Unit

• Special Session

Session Organizer

• Wendy Leo Moore, Texas A&M University

Presider

• Kay Sarai Varela, Texas A&M University

Individual Presentations

• Muslims and the American Surveillance Industry - Saher Farooq Selod, Simmons University

• The Mis-Education and Criminalization of Black and Latino Boys: The Role of Culture in the School-to-Prison Pipeline - Victor M. Rios, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Racial Threat and Schools: The Significance of Place - Anthony A. Peguero, Virginia Tech

• Beyond the Jailhouse Walls: Punishment, Racial Degradation, and the Creation of the Mass Incarcerated Neighborhood - Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, Brown University

Discussant

• Kay Sarai Varela, Texas A&M University