Our current severe political divide reveals a renewed national reckoning to combat systemic racism and the oppression of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), challenging each of us to critique our own moral standing in society’s social divide.
In this webinar, panelists addressed some of the key issues essential to criminal justice reform, including: the war on drugs and its long-term sequelae of harm among BIPOC, the damaging effects of stereotypes and prejudice embedded in colorblind formalism, the relation between extreme social disadvantage and criminal wrongdoing, the distinction between personal moral responsibility and the social construction of “criminal”, the impact of violence exposure and victimization of minoritized youth and adults, the school-to-prison pipeline, policies to end the disproportionate representation of Latinos in the criminal legal system, the role of restorative justice and healing transformation, and other issues pertaining to the criminal justice system.
Panelists included: Jody Armour, JD, the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California; Genea Richardson, the Program Coordinator at Healing Dialogue and Action; and Maritza Perez, JD, Policy Analyst and Director of the Office of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance.
The event was organized by the SPSSI Graduate Student Committee (GSC) as part of its Spring 2021 Webinar Series and was moderated by GSC members Jason Cruze (California School of Professional Psychology), Allen Chukwuhdi (Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis), and Stephanie Miodus (Temple University).
http://criminaljusticecourses.net/public-reckoning-w-the-criminal-justice-system-mass-incarceration-historical-injustice-healing/
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