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No Justice, No Peace: Political Science Perspectives on the American Carceral State

Harris, Allison P., Walker, Hannah L., Eckhouse, Laurel·2020·The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
DOI 10.1017/rep.2020.21
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This essay explores four key dimensions of political science literature on the U.S. criminal legal system, by way of introducing articles in the special issue on criminal justice featured in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Politics. We situate police as an institution of social control, rather than providing safety for people vulnerable to crime. The vast array of policy tools to surveil, track, and detain citizens, which lack commensurate restraints on their application, amount to a finely tuned carceral machine that can be deployed against groups newly identified as deviant. We therefore turn attention to this dynamic with our second theme: the criminalization of immigrants, the expansion of interior immigration enforcement, and the consequent targeting of Latinx people. We likewise discuss lessons for reform that can be drawn from research on representation and the political socialization that occurs as a consequence of involuntary contact with the system. We conclude with a brief discussion of directions for future research. The criminal legal system is a key force for persistent racial and class inequality. By turning attention to the politics of the criminal legal system, we forward a critical and understudied facet of American political life that intersects with all corners of the discipline.

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  • In recent years, American political scientists have introduced new questions, focusing on how carceral institutions shape individuals' relationship with the state.

    “In recent years, American political scientists have introduced new questions, focusing on how carceral institutions shape individuals' relationship with the state (Harris et al., 2020), work that Canadian political science can better contribute to regarding the Canadian case study.”

    From Decolonizing Research on the Carceral in Canadian Political Science (2023) · cites this paper as Harris et al., 2020

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  1. NYU Press. “Race, Ethnicity, and Policing.” https://nyupress.org/9780814776162/race-ethnicity-and-policing (Accessed June 13, 2020).
  2. Jackson, J. M. 2019. Race, Risks, and Responses: Mapping Black Americans' Reactions to Group Threat (Doctoral Dissertation).

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Authors
Harris, A. P., Walker, H. L., & Eckhouse, L.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
  • University of Denver (US)
Corresponding author
Walker, Hannah L.
ORCID
Venue
The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2020-10-29
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
427-449
ISSN
2056-6085 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1017/rep.2020.21
OpenAlex
W3095598226
Semantic Scholar
15e9df4a81971f98d978c50282b9baef6468cd25
Cited by
14
References
125
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2
FWCI
2.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
Keywords
criminal justice system, criminalization of immigrants, Latinx people, racial inequality, class inequality, political socialization, criminal justice reform

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