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April 20, 2023
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Decolonizing Criminology: Reckoning with the Legacy and Impact of Colonial Thought on Criminological Discourse, Crime, and Punishment
Postcolonial theory, Indigenous criminology, Southern criminology, and green criminology are relatively “new” areas of criminological discourse that challenge the foundations of what we have come to know as sociological and criminological theory. Criminology as a discipline, originating in the Global North, has a difficult history that has often resulted in the silencing and exclusion of those at the margins and from the Global South. The legacy of this endures to this day. This symposium reckons with this history and explores how this developing body of work is advancing—or not—a more diverse approach to research in criminology, leading to greater inclusivity of voices often excluded by Eurocentric and colonial epistemologies. It asks what it is that we need to do to bridge global divides and address the power imbalances that have privileged the knowledge and policy agendas of the Global North. For it is only by doing this that we— as criminologists and sociologists—can begin to confront the most pressing issues of our time.
Themes:
Interrogating the Past
Reckoning with the Present
Interrupting the Curriculum
Challenges for the Future
Confirmed Speakers:
Dr. Biko Agozino, Virginia Tech
Dr. Nigel South, University of Essex, UK
Dr. Viviane Saleh-Hanna, U.Mass. Dartmouth
Dr. Marcia Esparza, Historical Memory Project, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Dr. Jayne Mooney Social Change and Transgressive Studies Project, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Dr. Albert de la Tierra, San Francisco State University
Dr. Alex Vitale, Brooklyn College
Angelica Macario, Mayan K'iche from El Quiché, Guatemala, Human rights activist
Dr. Ignasi Bernat, Colonial State Crime and Ecocide, University of Barcelona
Dr. David Brotherton, Social Change and Transgressive Studies Project, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Symposium Schedule
April 20, 2023
Please note this symposium is hybrid and will feature a mixture of talks and discussion sessions.
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Welcome Reception
Please join the symposium presenters and attendees for coffee, tea, breakfast pastries, and community building before the day’s proceedings.
9:30 am – 10:00 am: Introductions and Framing
Dr. Jayne Mooney, Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Dr. Marcia Esparza, Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Dr. Dan Stageman, OAR, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
10:00 am – 10:45 am: The Decolonization Paradigm in Criminology
Dr. Onwubiko Agozino, Virginia Tech
Chair Nick Rodrigo, Graduate Center, CUNY
10:45 am – 10:55: am Break
10:55 am – 11:40 am: Liberating Research Methods From Colonial Bias: Undoing Criminology’s Hold on the Stories That Get Told
Dr. Viviane Saleh-Hanna, UMass. Dartmouth
Dr. Albert de la Tierra (Chair), San Francisco State University
11:40 am – 11:50 am: Break
11:50 am – 12:35 pm: Indigenous Environmental Ontologies and Legacies of Colonialism in Colombia: Greening, Southernizing and Decolonising Criminology
Dr. Nigel South, University of Essex
Dr. Popy Begum (Chair), Rutgers University
12:35 pm – 1:20 pm: Lunch
1:20 pm – 2:35 pm: The Politics of Policing: Academic Complicity In Policing
Dr. Alex Vitale, Brooklyn College
Dr. Jason Williams, Montclair State University
Nia Hall, University of Michigan
Olayemi Olurin, Legal Aid Society
Marianne Madoré, Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY
2:35 pm – 2:45 pm: Break
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Gangs and the Decolonial Question
Dr. David C. Brotherton, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Dr. Louis Kontos, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Dr. Paul Andell (Chair), University of Suffolk, UK
Dr. Adeem Suhail, Franklin and Marshall College, PA
Dr. Amy Andrea Martinez, San Jose State, CA
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm: Legacies of Colonialism
Chair To Be Announced
Dr. Marcia Esparza, Historical Memory Project
Angelica Macario, Mayan K'iche from El Quiché, Guatemala, Human rights activist
Nick Rodrigo, Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY
Dr. Ignasi Bernat, Colonial State Crime and Ecocide, University of Barcelona
Dr. Albert de la Tierra, San Francisco State University
5:15 pm – 5:45 pm: Concluding Remarks
Dr. Jayne Mooney, Dept of Sociology , John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Dr. Marcia Esparza, Dept of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
5:45 pm – 6:30 pm: Closing Reception
Please join your new friends and colleagues for drinks, conversation, and live music performed Corey Dolgan.
Date: April 20th, 2023
Time: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Location: John Jay 9.64 NB
John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 W 59th St.
New York, NY 10019
This symposium is a proud collaboration between: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Brooklyn College, and the Graduate Center
For more information please see below.
Departments and Projects of John Jay College of Criminal Justice:
Department of Sociology
Department of Criminal Justice
The Social Change and Transgressive Studies Project
Historical Memory Project (HMP)
The Office for the Advancement of Research (OAR).
Departments and Projects of Brooklyn College:
Department of Sociology
The Policing and Social Justice Project
Departments and Projects of the Graduate Center:
Department of Sociology
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The Symposium is the beneficiary of a grant awarded by the OAR Funding program, at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, which aims to fund various projects through John Jay’s internal funding programs. You can learn more about these opportunities by contacting oar@jjay.cuny.edu
Observatorio de Prisiones, martes 28 de marzo en #Guayaquil.
Únete al acto de lanzamiento de la plataforma Ecuador - Observatorio de Prisiones, a realizarse el próximo martes 28 de marzo en #Guayaquil.
Esta plataforma virtual es impulsada por el Comité de Familiares por Justicia en Cárceles, Centro de Etnografía Interdisciplinaria Kaleidos – Universidad de Cuenca, Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos CDH – Guayaquil y John Jay College of Criminal Justice de Estados Unidos.
Contaremos con la presencia de expertos en el tema, quienes compartirán sus conocimientos y experiencias.
¡No te pierdas la oportunidad de conocer más sobre este importante proyecto y ser parte del cambio!
La entrada es gratuita y abierta al público en general.
Fecha : Martes, 28 de marzo
Hora : 10:30
Lugar : Auditorio de la Defensoría del Pueblo en Guayaquil
Dirección : Av. 9 de octubre y Pedro Carbo (edificio del BIESS, piso 6)
¡Te esperamos!
#EcuadorObservatorioDePrisiones593 #SinDignidadNohayPaz
Eric Adams’ War on the Poor: The Rehabilitation of Broken Windows Policing
Please note this event is hybrid, with in-person and Zoom options
Resilient Communities Against Transnational Gangs
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Book Talk: Migration and Mortality: Social Death, Dispossession and Survival in the Americas
Join us for our upcoming book talk!
Social Control and the Pandemic: Incarceration, Detention, and Deportation in the time of COVID 19
VIA ZOOM
Meeting ID: 897 8694 1122
Passcode: 130056
COVID in North Carolina Jails
Felicia Arriaga, Appalachian State University
Beginning in the spring of 2020, our research team (Dr. Dana Rice, Stefania Arteaga, Anna Biache, Alice Li, Jessie Rios, and Max Rose) began requesting information from Sheriff Offices across North Carolina regarding their responses to COVID-19. In these requests, we wanted to collect the following information that is not readily available (the case in most states, not just during COVID-19): (1) Pre-COVD Population; (2) Current Population; (3) Health & Safety Protocols (4) Decarceration Efforts/Jail Population Decrease Efforts; (5) COVID-19 Testing & Results In the first round of data collection, approximately half of the 98 jails/Sheriff Offices in the state responded to our inquiries and in the second round, a similar amount responded. Phase 3 of our data collection will include interviews with stakeholders in a sample of counties to better understand their protocols, attempts to stop COVID-19 outbreaks, and vaccination plans.
Women, Deportation, and Violence in Lockdown NYC
Yolanda Ortiz-Rodriguez, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Jayne Mooney, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Amid growing concerns of the pandemic and the forced lockdown experienced by many, the impact the new mandates would have on the victims of domestic violence- particularly, undocumented women, was important to explore. During the months following the lockdown in NYC, interviews with research participants, domestic violence organization leaders, and advocates provided insights on how the women were navigating services and how fears of deportation impacted the decisions they made around their safety and that of their families during the pandemic.
Migrant Detention, Deportation, and COVID in New Jersey
Sarah Tosh, Rutgers University-Camden
Ulla Berg, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
K. Sebastian León, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
This research examines the relationship between COVID-19 and processes of migrant detention and deportation, through a case study of the early pandemic response in four detention centers in New Jersey — where non-citizens who face deportation in New York City immigration courts are often held. Drawing on publicly available reports and in-depth interviews with wardens, immigration lawyers, advocates, and previously detained individuals, we examine the role of immigration detention in the attempted containment of COVID-19, and the effects of the pandemic response on detained migrants.
OAR Book Talk: Immigration Policy in the Age of Punishment
Immigration Policy in the Age of Punishment takes a critical, interdisciplinary, and transnational look at current issues surrounding immigration in the U.S. and abroad. It seeks to problematize the age of punishment that currently reigns over borders and those who seek to cross them.
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