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​LC at the annual meeting of the
​American Society of Criminology
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2019  

​Author Meets Critic


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Panel 5


ASC Division on People of Color and Crime Awards

 

What about Girls? Centering the Experiences of Latina Girls Involved in the Juvenile Justice System


Latina/o/x Criminology Panel 1
Relatively little criminological research has focused on system-involved Latina girls. Thus, the intent of the proposed panel is to center the experiences of Latinas by considering the following questions: Why should we study the experiences of system-involved Latinas? What do we know about Latina girls’ experiences across various contexts such as schools, detention centers, and neighborhoods? And how are these experiences shaped by gender, ethnicity, class, documentation status, and past gang involvement? By addressing these questions, we hope to foster future conversations about why studying the experiences of system-involved Latina girls is an important area of criminological research and inquiry.​
Institutional Violence Among Formerly Gang-Involved Chicana Mothers;
Katherine Maldonado, University of California - Riverside
Making the Case for Research on Latinx Girls;
Kayla Martensen, University of Illinois at Chicago
System Involved Latinas' Experiences in School;
Veronica M. Herrera, California State University - Fullerton
Lidia E. Nuño, California State University - Fullerton

The Intersectionality of Ethnic Identity, Culture, Gender, and Crime among Latina Youth
Veronica Cano, Central Washington University

Discussants
Vera Lopez, Arizona State University
Lisa Pasko, University of Denver
 

Envisioning Abolition through Coalition: Xicanx/Latinx, Black, and Indigenous Voices on Carcerality


Latina/o/x Criminology Panel 2
Each of the papers on this panel draw from knowledge and experiences from the margins of society and scholarship to create a more comprehensive understanding of carcerality in 21st century “western” society. As each of the papers will argue, by acknowledging how the legacy of white supremacy, indigenous genocide, anti-blackness, and global carceral capitalism have served as foundational mechanisms which have been used to sustain and maintain the global carceral regime, our panel will help reconceptualize and push the academic imaginary and boundaries to take seriously the praxis of prison and police abolition. Discussants also point to the Black/white dichotomy clearly present within these discourses to discuss the importance of why including Xicanx/Latinx voices is crucial to understanding the entirety of the carceral system. Currently the field of criminology continuously fails to center the historical ways in which the United States of Amnesia has sustained and maintained its power and control over its most vulnerable populations through its caging of millions of people. This collection of papers will help move academic discourses toward a much-needed paradigmatic change in the discipline by centering revolutionary abolitionists practices to begin dismantling the pillars of the carceral system.
“¡Bryan Carreño? Presente!”: Racialized extrajudicial police executions of Mexican/Chicano boys and men;
Amy Andrea Martinez, The City University of New York
Mexicans in the southwest and the emerging modern carceral regime;
Marlené Mercado, University of California - Davis
Abolition pedagogy in the Latinx household: Decriminalizing and decolonizing one relationship at a time
Kiara Padilla, University of Minnesota -Twin Cities
Chale con ustedes: Passive revolution, global capitalism, and the discourse shift from prison abolition to prison reform in the 21st century.
Oscar Fabian Soto, University of California - Santa Barbara

Discussants
Marlené Mercado 
​University of California - Davis
Kiara Padilla
​University of Minnesota -Twin Cities
Oscar Fabian Soto
​University of California - Santa Barbara
 

Inequalities Confronting Injustice on the Frontera (U.S.-Mexico) Border and a Declaration of a State of Emergency: A Pedagogical Standpoint of the U.S.-Mexico Border


Latina/o/x Criminology Panel 3
The focus of this panel discussion is to disseminate knowledge and information about society and life on the frontera (U.S.-Mexico borderlands). Mexican-American (Chicano/Tejano/Mestizo) instructors, who were born and/or grew up in the Rio Grande Valley (South Texas) and graduated from universities on the US-Mexican border, converge in explaining how to teach current issues about the U.S.-Mexico Border. Furthermore, the U.S.-Mexico border has the most dangerous cities in Mexico, but on the other side, America has its safest cities on record. As such, this panel will provide information debunking misconceptions that the media and politicians portray regarding on one of the most productive regions in America. Nevertheless, the Latinx xenophobic phenomenon will be analyzed in an effort to illuminate the fear Americans have on the frontera.
The Frontera (U.S-Mexico) Border: Latinx Realities and American Myths;
Frank Anthony Rodriguez, North Carolina Central University
John Rodriguez, University of Texas at Arlington​
Migrant Children: Exposing Tales and Realities;
Martin Guevara Urbina, Sul Ross State University
Brown in Blue: Auto-ethnographic Police Research on the U.S-Mexico Border;
Eric Gamino, California State University - Northridge
Drug Related Violence From Social Phenomena to Social Problem;
Omar Camarillo, Eastern New Mexico University

Discussants
Omar Camarillo 
Eastern New Mexico University
Robert Durán
Texas A&M University
Frank Anthony Rodriguez
North Carolina Central University
 

Transnational Threats and the Victimization of Immigrants


Latina/o/x Criminology Panel 4
​This panel is focused on providing an analysis of the social construction of transnational threats within current levels of political rhetoric and how such state actions often result in the victimization of immigrants. From the creation of gang scares, the use of law enforcement in immigration enforcement, the impact upon families, along with data regarding victimization risks encountered by undocumented immigrants. Each of these presentations work to provide greater scholarly insight into a politicized topic.
The Perceptions, Experiences, and Realities of Salvadoran Transnational Fathers in the United States and in El Salvador​;
Jose Alfredo Torres, University of California, Irvine
Protective Factors Influencing Victimization Risk of Undocumented Immigrants: Offender Perspectives
Krystlelynn Caraballo, Georgia State University
Volkan Topalli, Georgia State University

Banking on Immigrants: Revenue Generation of 287(g) Programs in North Carolina;
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Felicia Arriaga, Appalachian State University
MS-13, Moral Panics, and Migration Studies: Empirical and Conceptual Bridges for Carceral Studies, Crimmigration, and State Crime;
Kenneth Sebastian Leon, Rutgers University
Maya Pagni Barak, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Edward Maguire, Arizona State University

Discussants
 Anthony Peguero
​Virginia Tech 
​Patrisia Macias
University of Illinois at Chicago
Photo credits: Charlene Shroulote-Duran.
 

Altering, Documenting, and Resisting Carceral Practices: Policing, Gangs, and Schools


Latina/o/x Criminology Panel 5
This panel focuses on efforts to alter carceral practices involving policing, gangs, and schools. The presentations begin with efforts to improve police and community relationships. It then examines how efforts to merge university and police collaborations can improve dialogue by increasing attitudes, learning, and performance. Young males living in environments with higher police contact in schools and in their community share strategies with their younger peers about how to avoid detrimental consequences by communicating wisdom through letters. The carceral impact of policing also includes school discipline, and the final presentation will focus on the criminalization of girls by school resource officers. Thus, the importance of merging the dialogue regarding policing with the populations most impacted.
Transforming social and organizational patterns of racial discrimination through training: Lesson learned.
 Xavier Perez, DePaul University
Megan Alderden, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
 

Criminalization of Girls in Metro Atlanta, GA
Jessica Cuthbert, University of Minnesota
“Spiritual Supervision”—the spillover of carceral control into the spiritual and religious lives of Latina/os in the San Francisco Bay Area
Melissa Guzman, San Francisco State University​
University and Police Collaboration for Basic Recruit Training
 Jhon J. Sanabria, Universidad Ana G. Méndez
Ángel Jiménez, Bayamón Police Deparment
 

Discussant
Maria Beatriz Velez
University of Maryland
 

The Gang Paradox: Inequalities and Miracles on the U.S.-Mexico Border
by Robert Duran


Author Meets Critics
The areas along the U.S.-Mexico border are commonly portrayed as a hot spot for gang activity, drug trafficking, and violence. Yet when Robert J. Durán conducted almost a decade’s worth of ethnographic research in border towns between El Paso, Texas, and southern New Mexico—a region notorious for gang activity, according to federal officials—he found significantly less gang membership and activity than common fearmongering claims would have us believe. Instead, he witnessed how the gang label was used to criminalize youth of Mexican descent—to justify the overrepresentation of Latinos in the justice system, the implementation of punitive practices in the school system, and the request for additional resources by law enforcement.

In The Gang Paradox, Durán analyzes the impact of deportation, incarceration, and racialized perceptions of criminality on Latino families and youth along the border. He draws on ethnography, archival research, official data sources, and interviews with practitioners and community members to present a compelling portrait of Latino residents’ struggles amid deep structural disadvantages. Durán, himself a former gang member, offers keen insights into youth experience with schools, juvenile probation, and law enforcement. The Gang Paradox is a powerful community study that sheds new light on intertwined criminalization and racialization, with policy relevance toward issues of gangs, juvenile delinquency, and the lack of resources in border regions.​
Chair
Vera Lopez, Arizona State University
Author
Robert Duran, Texas A&M University

Critics
Randol Contreras
University of California, Riverside​
Edward Flores
University of California - Merced​
​Patrick Lopez-Aguado
​Santa Clara University
Ed A. Munoz
University of Utah
​Amy Andrea Martinez
​The City University of New York

 ASC Division on People of Color and Crime Awards​


The ASA Division on People of Color and Crime offers multiple awards in recognition of outstanding contributions to the study of race, crime, and justice.​ This year, three LC members were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the field. 
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New Scholar Award - Jose Torres, Louisiana State University
Recognizes a member of the DPCC who is in the early stages of their career and has made significant recent contributions to the literature on race/ethnicity, crime, and justice.

​Photo: Dr. Jose Torres is awarded the 2019 New Scholar Award by Dr. Janice Iwama.

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The Julius Debro Award - Vera Lopez, Arizona State University
Recognizes a member of the DPCC who has made outstanding contributions in service to professional organizations, academic institutions, and/or the advancement of criminal justice. 

Photo: Dr. Vera Lopez is awarded the 2019 Julius Debo Award by Dr. Janice Iwama.

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The Coramae Richey Award - Robert Durán, Texas A&M
Recognizes a member of the DPCC who has made outstanding contributions of scholarship on race, ethnicity, crime, and justice.


Photo: Dr. Robert Durán is awarded the 2019 Coramae Richey Award by Dr. Janice Iwama. 


 
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