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Law And Society: The Criminalization Of Latinx In The United States, Gabriela Groenke
Law And Society: The Criminalization Of Latinx In The United States, Gabriela Groenke
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The United States leads the world in incarceration with just over 2.2 million people in state or federal prisons or local jails in 2014 (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2016). Although the number of incarcerated individuals has declined by about .5 percent since its peak in 2008 (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2016), the fact remains that mass incarceration is an epidemic in the United States. Over the last decade much has been written about the effects of mass incarceration on people of color, with many analysts pointing to the fear of crime as contributing to the formulation of current policies, which …
In Fear We Trust: Anxious Political Rhetoric & The Politics Of Punishment, 1960s-80s, Stella Michelle Frank
In Fear We Trust: Anxious Political Rhetoric & The Politics Of Punishment, 1960s-80s, Stella Michelle Frank
Senior Projects Spring 2019
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
An Analysis And Critique Of Mental Health Treatment In American State Prisons And Proposal For Improved Care, Shelby Hayne
An Analysis And Critique Of Mental Health Treatment In American State Prisons And Proposal For Improved Care, Shelby Hayne
Scripps Senior Theses
Mental health treatment in state prisons is revealed to be highly variable, under-funded, and systematically inadequate. Existing literature exposes this injustice but fails to provide a comprehensive proposal for reform. This paper attempts to fill that gap, outlining a cost-effective, evidence-based treatment proposal, directly addressing the deficits in care revealed through analysis of our current system. In addition, this paper provides historical overviews of the prison system and mental health treatment, utilizing theoretical perspectives to contextualize this proposal in the present state of affairs. Lastly, the evidence is provided to emphasize the potential economic and social benefits of improving mental …
Análisis Narrativo Del Plan Nacional De Desarrollo 2002-2018 Y Su Influencia En La Consolidación Del Modelo Extractivista En Colombia, Sergio Benavides Reyes, Andrés Julián Gutiérrez Gómez
Análisis Narrativo Del Plan Nacional De Desarrollo 2002-2018 Y Su Influencia En La Consolidación Del Modelo Extractivista En Colombia, Sergio Benavides Reyes, Andrés Julián Gutiérrez Gómez
Economía
Con la política de desarrollo de los últimos 16 años se ha promovido el extractivismo en Colombia con efectos económicos, sociales y ambientales perversos. Por lo tanto, mediante un análisis narrativo de política pública se pretende realizar tres pasos, el primero consiste en develar la línea discursiva de la versión oficial del “desarrollo” como narrativa dominante, como segundo paso se investigaron las narrativas que da voz a las propuestas y alternativas que surgen desde los movimientos subalternos de resistencia, y como tercer y último paso se generó una metarrativa en la cual se contrastan la narrativa dominante y la no …