Submitted by: Suzanne Oboler, Professor, Latin American and Latinx Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Category Archives: 1990-1999
“An Interview with Robert Bullard” by Errol Schweizer, Earth First! Journal, 1999
“Principles of Environmental Justice”, 1991
Submitted by: Suzanne Oboler, Professor, Latin American and Latinx Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
To read online, click here: 17 Principles of Environmental Justice
PREAMBLE
WE, THE PEOPLE OF COLOR, gathered together at this multinational People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, to begin to build a national and international movement of all peoples of color to fight the destruction and taking of our lands and communities, do hereby re-establish our spiritual interdependence to the sacredness of our Mother Earth; to respect and celebrate each of our cultures, languages and beliefs about the natural world and our roles in healing ourselves; to ensure environmental justice; to promote economic alternatives which would contribute to the development of environmentally safe livelihoods; and, to secure our political, economic and cultural liberation that has been denied for over 500 years of colonization and oppression, resulting in the poisoning of our communities and land and the genocide of our peoples, do affirm and adopt these Principles of Environmental Justice:
This document is in the public domain and was posted and retrieved online at the environmental organization’s website: https://www.ejnet.org/ej/principles.html.
“Incorporating Restorative and Community Justice into American Sentencing and Corrections” by Leena Kurki, 1999
Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College
To read online, click here: “Incorporating Restorative and Community Justice into American Sentencing and Corrections.”
The article states: “Programs based on restorative and community justice principles have proliferated in the United States over the past decade simultaneously with tough-on-crime initiatives like three-strikes, truth-in-sentencing, and mandatory minimum laws. Restorative justice and community justice represent new ways of thinking about crime. The theories underlying restorative justice suggest that government should surrender its monopoly over responses to crime to those most directly affected—the victim, the offender, and the community.”
This article was retrieved from a government website (www.ncjrs.gov) and is in the public domain. It was published online in Sentencing & Corrections No. 3 (September, 1999), pp. 1-11 (U.S. Department of Justice).
“The Prison-Industrial Complex,” Death Row Interview, Mumia Abu-Jamal, 1996
Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College
To view video click here: Mumia Abu-Jamal “The Prison-Industrial Complex,”
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook on April 24, 1954) is an American convicted murderer, sentenced to death for the December 9, 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. He has been described as “perhaps the best known Death-Row prisoner in the world”, and his sentence is one of the most debated today. Before his arrest he was a member of the Black Panther Party, an activist, part-time cab driver, journalist, radio personality, news commentator and broadcaster. Since his conviction, his case has received international attention and he has become a controversial cultural icon. Supporters and opponents disagree on the appropriateness of the death penalty, whether he is guilty, or whether he received a fair trial. During his imprisonment he has published several books and other commentaries, notably Live from Death Row.
The YouTube video was posted by Esoteric Word Views. Can be used for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision.
“Race and Criminalization: Black Americans and the Punishment Industry” by Angela Y. Davis, 1997
Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College
The citation for where this reading is found: Davis, Angela Y. 1997. “Race and Criminalization: Black Americans and the Punishment Industry.” In The House that Race Built, edited by Wahneema Lubiano, pp. 264-279. New York: Pantheon Books. This book is not available digitally. To check out the book, go to the John Jay Library at Stacks E 185.615 .H68 1997
“Chronology of Correctional History” by Greg Newbold, 1999
Submitted by: Anissa Helie, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
To read online: “Chronology of Correctional History”
“Newbold presents a chronology of correctional history, starting with c. 4500 BC with the earliest written records from cuneiform impressions in clay tablets in the civilization of Sumer Mesopotamia. When the German philosopher Georg Hegel commented that governments have never learned anything from history, he was noting the capacity of governments to repeat the errors of the past. Similarly, in the historical models of men such as Oswald Spengler and Arnold Toynbee, patterns of social organization are seen to replicate themselves, revolving in and out of fashion regardless of their practical value. As the following chronology demonstrates, the same tendency can be seen in criminal justice.”
This is a library resource. It is accessible using your John Jay login. It was accessed from the Proquest database: Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 10:1, (1999), pp. 87-100.
“The Evidence of Experience” by Joan Scott, 1991
Submitted by: Kristin Carter, Adjunct Faculty, Interdisciplinary Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
To read online: “The Evidence of Experience”
“What is Justice?: Classic and Contemporary Readings” by Robert C. Solomon and Mark C. Murphy, 1990
Submitted by: Jamie Longazel, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
“Cloud Cover Caribbean” by Ana Lydia Vega, 1990
Submitted by: Suzanne Oboler, Professor, Latin American and Latinx Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The short story, “Cloud Cover Caribbean” is in Celia Correa de Zapata (ed). Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real. Texas: Arte Público Press. 1990 pp 202 – 207. For each of these would-be immigrants to Florida, the United States is the promised land. Like many refugees before them, they risk their lives on a fragile boat with inadequate supplies in hopes of making a new life.sion. This is a short story in a book by Latin-American women.
Copyrighted. Only available in print in library in the Stacks (PQ 7085 .S48 1990 ); no digital format.
“A Call To Arms for America’s Bullied Women” by Demetria Martínez, 1997
Submitted by: Suzanne Oboler, Professor, Latin American and Latinx Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
To read online, click here: “A Call To Arms for America’s Bullied Women” by Demetria Martínez, 1997.
From the book, Confessions of A Berlitz Tape Chicana, University of Oklahoma Press. Available online at the National Catholic Reporter, 1997. This is a column, by Demetria Martinez, an author, activist, lecturer and columnist. It is included in the book, Confessions of A Berlitz Tape Chicana, but “A Call to Arms” is available online at the National Catholic Reporter, Sep. 12, 1997. This article talks about how women have to be constantly aware of their surroundings and afraid that they will get mugged or raped.
This article is copyrighted, but offered as an open document in the National Catholic Reporter Archives. Use for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision of the Copyright Act.