SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting

Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 108: The Social Construction of Violence
Room: Drummond West

Sponsor: Crime and Justice

Organizer: Kylie Parrotta, California Polytechnic State University

Presider &

Discussant: Karmvir Kaur Padda, University of Waterloo

Description: 

The session will focus on narrative criminology, specifically how people use narratives to explain violent behavior that may or may not be seen as criminal. Papers will focus on violent offenders, immigrant experiences, and practitioners' assessments of programs and court processes.

Papers:

“(De)Racializing Victimhood: Narratives of Service Workers at the Human Trafficking Intervention Courts,” Yen-Chiao Liao, Siena College

“Constructing Effectiveness: Men’s Anti-violence Program Practitioners’ Narratives of Success,” Doug Schrock and Hailey S. McGee, Florida State University

“Narratives of Radicalization: The Role of Manifestos in Shaping Extremist Violence,” Karmvir Kaur Padda, University of Waterloo

“The Brutalization of Immigrants in the Line at the Questura in Italy,” Robert Garot, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY