A webinar series on The Continuity of Criminalization: From Schools to Streets to Prisons
Webinar 01: Criminalization in Daily Life
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 12:30 - 1:45 PM EST
This session explores how people from various racialized backgrounds experience criminalization in their daily lives. Criminalization happens to children of color in the education system, putting them on a path where the criminal label follows them beyond the classroom. Black and Latinx people are criminalized in public spaces such as while shopping at stores, going through airport security, or simply driving down the road. Moreover, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil uprisings sparked by ongoing anti-Black racism, many of these experiences are heightened and highlighted in new ways. In this session, panelists will discuss various manifestations of criminalization and how they differentially affect particular racialized groups in society.
This session will explore how punitive action is unequally applied across groups at both the institutional and individual levels. Moreover, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil uprisings sparked by ongoing anti-Black racism, many of these experiences are heightened and highlighted in new ways. In this session, panelists will discuss various manifestations of criminalization and how they differentially affect particular racialized groups in society.
This session is designed to explore how people respond to criminalization across the life course in various contexts. People may take proactive action in an attempt to avoid criminalization, building relationships with others who understand this experience, or try to mitigate the effects of criminalization through policy changes at an institutional level. Panelists in this session will discuss the methods individuals, groups, and communities use to cope with criminalization, from personal strategies to policy solutions.