Landscapes of Violence

• In Event: Focus on At-Risk Youth: School Exclusionary Practices, 'Bad ' Neighborhoods, and Metaphor Comprehension

Abstract

School violence and punishment research focuses on incidents within schools with limited discussions of the regional, community, cultural, or historic practices of violence and punishment. Using data from the 2020-2021 Civil Rights Data Collection, the Tolnay- Beck Lynching Data, and the National Register of Historic Places, we examine school suspension and corporal punishment in comparison to the different forms of violence and punishment in the Southeastern region of the United States. In this study, we examine the connections between different forms of violent and/or exclusionary punishment in schools in areas with documented racialized violence and racist incidents to explore the question of the socialization and normalization of racialized violence and control. The findings from this exploratory study should help provide more nuance around research on legacies and landscapes of violence and its contemporary iterations. Implications for policy and future research are also discussed.

Authors

• Sanna King, Mississippi State University

• Shane Miller, Mississippi State University