Critical Discourses within Criminological Theory and the Administration of Justice

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

This panel will forge theoretical and practical ideas together as a foundation for starting restorative dialogue within criminology and the administration of justice. Panelists will speak to critical discourses involving the following areas: race, criminology and theory, criminological knowledge construction, and geospatial aspects of social control. Each of the papers will focus on discursive contexts and the need for innovative ontological perspectives within criminological theory and the administration of justice.

Sub Unit

• Area V. Perceptions of Crime and Justice / 48. Media and the Social Construction of Crime

Individual Presentations

• Race and Criminology in the Post-Racial Age - Jason M. Williams, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Sean Wilson, Texas Southern University

• Unequal Justice and Criminological Knowledge - Jason M. Williams, Fairleigh Dickinson University; David N. Baker, Texas Southern University

• Geospatial Aspects of Social Control - Kingsley Ejiogu, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

• The Social Construction of Race, Class, Gender, and Crime: A Historical Critical Race Perspective - Nishaun T. Battle, Texas A&M University, Kingsville