The'punitive turn'has brought about new ways of thinking about geography and the state,
and has highlighted spaces of incarceration as a new terrain for exploration by geographers …

Research Summary In our article, we attend to the implied outlooks (“philosophies” in the
sense of operative practical discourses and assumptions) and the competing ethical …

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the program created by welfare reform in
1996, is implemented as a fixed federal block grant that states partially match through a" …

What factors determine differential levels of punishment across communities? This question
has been addressed by sociologists, policy scholars, and other social scientists for decades …

The contemporary neoliberal economic order plays a significant role in American social
organization and policy-making. Most importantly, neoliberal ideology drives the creation …

The project explores the ethical, social, and political subject of incarceration. I investigate
Angela Davis's multifaceted critique of the prison industrial complex–focusing primarily on …