Latina/o/x Criminology Panel #2

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

The goal of Latino/a/x criminology is too exchange, promote, and disseminate knowledge that contributes to criminological expertise and understanding of the rapidly growing U.S. Latina/o/x population. This panel features work from leading and rising scholars in Latino/a/x criminology. Presentations will explore diverse topics including the construction of Central Americans as a terroristic threat, the cultural transmission of threat into police training, and the outcome of when marginalized populations are deemed more threatening resulting in higher rates of officer-involved shootings.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 55. Inequality and Justice

Individual Presentations

• Constructing a Central American Threat (CAT) Narrative in U.S. News Media Between 1980-1989 - Nalya Rodriguez, California State University, Northridge

• Police Training and Perception of Threat - Xavier Perez, DePaul University; Jhon Sanabria, Universidad Ana G Mendez

• Police Shootings: A Public Health Problem for the United States of America - Robert Durán, Texas A&M University; Oralia Loza, University of Texas at El Paso

Discussant

• Edwardo Portillos, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Organized by a Division or external group?

Latina/o/x Criminology