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“The Next Step: Indigenous Development of Neighborhood-Restorative Community Justice” by Gilbert and Settles, 2007

September 23, 2019 7:14 pm /

Submitted by: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Professor, Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the Dept of Africana Studies at John Jay College

Gilbert, Michael J.; Settles, Tanya L. The Next Step: Indigenous Development of Neighborhood-Restorative Community Justice. Criminal Justice Review, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 5-25, March 2007.

To read online, click here: “The Next Step: Indigenous Development of Neighborhood-Restorative Community Justice”

The challenge for modern crime-control policies is that they must work simultaneously across multiple environments within communities that are characterized by overlapping needs, issues, and service providers. Policy responses to crime must do more than capture and punish criminals, because crime is a deeply embedded social problem, and effective crime control requires more than a traditional justice system can offer. This article explores the effect of blending the theoretical underpinnings of restorative and community justice as an indigenous product of neighborhoods. Indigenous neighborhood processes may be able to address institutional and social structure problems to improve the quality of life for area residents and restorative outcomes for victims, the community, and the offender.

This is a library resource. Access using  John Jay login and password.

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“Working Together: How a Neighborhood Justice Center in Harlem is Building Bridges and Improving Safety” by Carolyn Turgeon, 2006

September 23, 2019 5:38 pm /

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: “Working Together: How a Neighborhood Justice Center in Harlem is Building Bridges and Improving Safety.”

Turgeon, Carolyn. 2006. “Working Together: How a Neighborhood Justice Center in Harlem is Building Bridges and Improving Safety.” New York: Center for Court Innovation (public/private partnership with the NY State Unified Court System).

The Harlem Courthouse has towered over East 121st Street since the late 1800s – stately and elaborate, with arched windows and soaring pinnacles. Until 1961, the courthouse housed the Municipal and Magistrate’s Courts; after New York City’s courts were centralized, the building fell into disuse and was largely forgotten. Decades later, when court planners were looking for a location for a new community court, the courthouse – with its ornate architecture and status as a once vital community institution – seemed an ideal location. Today, the Harlem Courthouse is again a vibrant neighborhood resource. Gone are the boarded up windows, empty courtrooms, and unused office space. Instead, the courthouse is home to an unusual experiment in neighborhood justice, the Harlem Community Justice Center. The center features a multi-jurisdictional courtroom that hears a mix of Family and Housing Court cases, along with an array of unconventional programs – including mediation, community service, and reentry initiatives – that extend the Justice Center’s reach well beyond the courtroom doors. While a traditional court usually has one heartbeat, as the center’s former director Raye Barbieri puts it, the Harlem court ‘has dozens’. This paper tells the story of this unique experiment in community justice, from planning to ongoing operations. Along the way, it highlights the key lessons of the Harlem experience, offering vivid testimony that a court and community can work together to spur neighborhood renewal.

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“Are Prisons Obsolete?” by Angela Davis, 2003

September 20, 2019 7:14 pm /

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: “Are Prisons Obsolete?”

There is abundant evidence that the current system of punishment and imprisonment is out of control and ineffective as a means of rendering more people equal, safe, secure, and otherwise free. Nevertheless, there seems to be a presumption that before replacing any of this outdated, ineffective, destructive, and obsolete system, we must first discover, create, or otherwise imagine an alternative one that is first proven to be effective and all-encompassing. Angela Davis further supports the abolition argument and provides some very clear and tangible reasons to further examine the impact of the prison industrial complex, rather than continuing with prison reform.

This book was retrieved from an organization website: The Collective Liberation. The Catalyst Project helps to build powerful multiracial movements that can win collective liberation. In the service of this vision, we organize, train and mentor white people to take collective action to end racism, war and empire, and to support efforts to build power in working-class communities of color. Use for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision of the Copyright Act. The book states that it is an “open media” book.

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“Structural Racism and Community Building” by Lawrence Keith, et al., 2004

September 20, 2019 5:29 pm /

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: “Structural Racism and Community Building”

This submission is from the Aspen Institute: Lawrence, Keith, Stacey Sutton, Anne Kubisch, Gretchen Susi and Karen Fulbright-Anderson. 2004. “Structural Racism and Community Building.” Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change. Washington, D.C.: The Aspen Institute.

Since 1997, the Roundtable has been focusing on how the problems associated with race and racism in America affect initiatives aimed at poverty reduction in distressed urban neighborhoods. The Roundtable has explored how race shapes the social, political, economic, and cultural institutions of our society, and how those dynamics produce significant and ongoing racial disparities in the well-being of children, families, and communities. The work also has an applied dimension that describes how to incorporate
racial equity into social and economic development work. The premise behind all of the Roundtable’s work on race is that adopting a more race conscious approach to community building and social justice work.

This resource was found on the Internet at the Aspen Institute organization website. Use for educational purposes under the Fair Use Provision.

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“Theorizing and Teaching Democratic Community Economics: Engaged Scholarship, Economic Justice, and the Academy” by Jessica Gordon Nembhard, 2008

September 20, 2019 4:27 pm /

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: “Theorizing and Teaching Democratic Community Economics: Engaged Scholarship, Economic Justice, and the Academy.”

This chapter is from the book: “Engaging Contradictions: Theory, Politics and Methods of Activist Scholarship”, edited by Charles R. Hale, pp. 265-297. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

The editor says:

“Scholars in many fields increasingly find themselves caught between the academy, with its demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct engagement in social activism. Some advocate on behalf of the communities they study; others incorporate the knowledge and leadership of their informants directly into the process of knowledge production. What ethical, political, and practical tensions arise in the course of such work? In this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary volume, leading scholar-activists map the terrain on which political engagement and academic rigor meet.”

Dr. Gordon-Nembhard is a political economist specializing in community economics, Black Political Economy and popular economic literacy. Her research and publications explore problematics and alternative solutions in cooperative economic development and worker ownership, community economic development, wealth inequality and community-based asset building, and community-based approaches to justice.

This chapter was used with the author’s permission.

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“Critical Resistance-Incite! Statement on Gender Violence and the Prison-Industrial Complex”, 2003

August 19, 2019 10:10 pm /

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: “Critical Resistance-Incite! Statement on Gender Violence and the Prison-Industrial Complex.” 

Reproduces the mission statements of the US-based organizations Critical Resistance & its offshoot, Women of Color against Violence, both movements formed 1998-2000 to combat violence against women & people of color. It is argued that women of color suffer disproportionately from both state & interpersonal violence, but have been marginalized from more mainstream anti-violence movements organized by feminists or minority males. Problems with the focus of such movements on the criminal justice system & law enforcement are identified. The negative impacts of the increased criminalization of women of color, including sex workers, lesbians, & the poor & disabled, are addressed, & a call is made for greater activist efforts to improve police accountability & decrease the use of imprisonment for such disadvantaged women. Specific strategies that social justice movements must take to end violence against women & children are suggested. Signatories to these statements, including both individuals & organizations, are listed.

Accessed via the Internet at the organization’s website. The statement was published in the following: Critical Resistance and Insight! 2003.  “Critical Resistance-Incite! Statement on Gender Violence and the Prison-Industrial Complex.”  Social Justice Vol. 30, No. 3; Criminal Justice Periodicals, pp. 141 – 150.

 

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“The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang” by Brotherton and Barrios, 2004

August 7, 2019 5:42 pm /

Submitted by: Adrian Bordoni, Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Latin American and Latina/O Studies

To view online:  The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang

From Los Angeles and New York to Chicago and Miami, street gangs are regarded as one of the most intractable crime problems facing our cities, and a vast array of resources is being deployed to combat them. This book chronicles the astounding self-transformation of one of the most feared gangs in the United States into a social movement acting on behalf of the dispossessed, renouncing violence and the underground economy, and requiring school attendance for membership.What caused the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation of New York City to make this remarkable transformation? And why has it not happened to other gangs elsewhere? David C. Brotherton and Luis Barrios were given unprecedented access to new and never-before-published material by and about the Latin Kings and Queens, including the group’s handbook, letters written by members, poems, rap songs, and prayers. In addition, they interviewed more than one hundred gang members, including such leaders as King Tone and King Hector. Featuring numerous photographs by award-winning photojournalist Steve Hart, the book explains the symbolic significance for the gang of hand gestures, attire, rituals, and rites of passage. Based on their inside information, the authors craft a unique portrait of the lives of the gang members and a ground-breaking study of their evolution.

This is an ebook. It is a library resource found in the EbscoHost database and accessed using your John Jay login. Published by Columbia University Press.

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“Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America” by Daniel R. Biddle and Dubin Murray, 2010

August 6, 2019 3:31 pm /

Submitted by: Elizabeth Hovey, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

To read online:  Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America

“Octavius Valentine Catto was an orator who shared stages with Frederick Douglass, a second baseman on Philadelphia’s best black baseball team, a teacher at the city’s finest black school and an activist who fought in the state capital and on the streets for equal rights. With his racially-charged murder, the nation lost a civil rights pioneer–one who risked his life a century before Selma and Birmingham.  In Tasting Freedom Murray Dubin and Pulitzer Prize winner Dan Biddle painstakingly chronicle the life of this charismatic black leader–a “free” black whose freedom was in name only. Born in the American south, where slavery permeated everyday life, he moved north where he joined the fight to be truly free–free to vote, go to school, ride on streetcars, play baseball and even participate in July 4th celebrations.    Catto electrified a biracial audience in 1864 when he proclaimed, “There must come a change,” calling on free men and women to act and educate the newly freed slaves. With a group of other African Americans who called themselves a “band of brothers,” they challenged one injustice after another. Tasting Freedom presents the little-known stories of Catto and the men and women who struggled to change America.”

This ebook can be accessed from the John Jay library, using a John Jay login. It was found on the Proquest ebook database.

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“New Terrain in Youth Development: The Promise of a Social Justice Approach” by Ginwright and Cammarota, 2002

July 31, 2019 5:46 pm /

Submitted by: Monika L. Son, Assistant Professor, Chair and Director, Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

To read online:  New Terrain in Youth Development: The Promise of a Social Justice Approach

“Popular notions of urban youth have led the public to believe that young people create more problems than possibilities. This idea is most evident in public policy that tends to view them as delinquents, criminals, and the cause of general civic problems. For example, in California, the passage of the Juvenile Justice Crime Bill, which allows courts to try juveniles as adults, and other similar measures across the nation demonstrate how public policy reflects a fear of urban youth.”

This is a library resource accessed using a John Jay login. The article is obtained from the Proquest database: Social Justice, 2002, Vol.29(4), pp.82-95

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“The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America” by Jonathan Kozol, 2005 

July 31, 2019 4:25 pm /

Submitted by: Monika L. Son, Assistant Professor, Chair and Director, Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

To read online: “The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America”.  The recommended text is from Chapter 2: “Hitting them Hardest when they are Small”. Open book and go to Chapter 2 in the Table of Contents.

“This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.” Visiting nearly 60 public schools, Kozol finds that conditions have grown worse for inner-city children in the 15 years since federal courts began dismantling the landmark 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. First, the segregation of black children is at a level not seen since 1968. Few of these students know any white children. Second, discipline modeled on methods traditionally used in prisons is targeted at black and Hispanic children. And third, liberal education in our inner-city schools has been increasingly replaced by culturally barren and robotic methods of instruction. Kozol pays tribute to those undefeated educators who persist against the odds, and offers a humane, dramatic challenge to our nation to fulfill at last the promise made some 50 years ago to all our youngest citizens.

This is a library resource and is accessed using your  John John login. The book was retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.

 

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