Date: Saturday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 050: Racial Disparities in CJ/CL System
Room: Buckingham Room

Sponsors: Crime and Justice
Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Christopher Dum, Kent State University

Description: 

This session examines issues of racial disparities in the criminal justice and criminal legal system.

Papers:

“‘The Way This System Is’: Exploring the Sources of Racial Disparities in Drug Courts in Ohio,” Additti Munshi, Tasha Perdue, Lydia Applin, Dexter Ridgway, Krystel Tossone and Alex Fraga, The Ohio State University and Sadé Lindsay, Cornell University

“Black Women’s Experiences with State Violence: An Analysis of Complaints against Police,” Miltonette Olivia Craig, Sam Houston State University

“Race, Racism, and Racial Systems: Assessing the Cost of the Cradle to Prison Pipeline,” Rodney D. Coates, Miami University

“Racial Alienation and the U.S Carceral State: A Structural Public Health Critique,” Redha Qabazard, Columbia University

“The Unresolved Blind Spot: Barriers to Policing Gender-based Violence in South African Immigrant Population,” Emeka E. Obioha, Walter Sisulu University

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