May 12th: Media, Race and Capital Punishment
The Center on Race, Crime and Justice is a multifaceted
multidisciplinary entity for exploring critical issues at the
intersection of race / ethnicity, crime and justice. Through a
visiting scholars program, community partnerships and collaborative
efforts within the College and across the University, Center
participants conduct funded research aimed at answering several of
the "big questions" that plague our understanding of crime and justice
in a diverse society. Below are some important research themes and
clips from our most recent conference, "Media, Race and Capital
Punishment".
Capital Punishment Briefing
Prospects are looking up for anti-death penalty advocates around the
country, according to Celeste Fitzgerald, who spearheaded the
successful New Jersey campaign to abolish the death penalty. Speaking
at the May 12 conference on Race, Media and Capital Punishment at John
Jay College, Fitzgerald looks ahead to California, Tennessee, and
Maryland -- as well as New Mexico and Montana. "If New Jersey was a
moment, the next one will be a trend," she claimed at the conference,
organized by the Center on Media Crime & Justice at John Jay and the
Center on Race, Crime and Justice. David Kaczyinski, head of New
Yorkers against the death penalty (and brother of the Unabomber)
speaks as well in the clip. The YouTube clip can be accessed here.
Unabomber's Brother Speaks Out on the Death Penalty
David Kaczyinski, head of New Yorkers against the Death Penalty,
argues that race is a crucial factor in determining who receives the
death penalty in the U.S. In a moving luncheon address, he compares
the treatment given to his brother, the Unabomber and an African-
American defendant. In five parts:
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
Additional parts of the conference are available for viewing:
Byron Halsey and his attorney, Vanessa Potkin,
at his exoneration 5/15/07
May 7th
- The Obama Factor: 200 Years of Race, Law and Voting Rights
A book signing and discussion titled: “The Obama Factor: 200 Years of Race, Law and Voting Rights” by Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall of
of the Law and Police Science Department and author of, Race, Law and
American Society: 1607 to Present (Routledge 2007)
Wednesday, May 7th
11:00am-12:30pm
Room 630T
- Cop in the Hood: My year Policing Baltimore’s Eastern District
The John Jay Book and Author series presents a discussion of Cop in the
Hood: My year Policing Baltimore’s Eastern District (Princeton University
Press, 2008) by Professor Peter Moskos of the Law and Police Science
Department.
Panelist:
- Kareem Fahim of the New York Times
- Joseph Poss, author of Brooklyn Bounce and former member of the NYPD.
Moderator:
Delores Jones-Brown, director of the Center on Race, Crime and Justice
Wednesday, May 7th
4:00pm-5:30pm
Room 630T
- The New York Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law
Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) will host its 25th Anniversary
Scholarship Awards and Dinner Dance at the El Caribe Country Club in
Brooklyn.
Dr. Delores Jones-Brown, director of the Center on Race, Crime
and Justice will receive the William Bracey award for outstanding
achievements benefiting the African American community.
Donations: $100
To purchase a ticket or place a journal ad:
Sgt Michelle Kemp
(516) 417-0637 or MSKEMP2U@aol.com. (Ads are due by April 25th)
Wednesday, May 7th
7:00pm
El Caribe Country Club (Brooklyn)
May 2nd: Media and the Sean Bell Case
Attorney Mimi Rosenberg from the Brooklyn Legal Aid Society will discuss: “Media and the Sean Bell Case”
This event is co-sponsored by:
African American Studies Department.
Friday, May 2nd.
12:30-2:45 pm.
Room 205T
May 1st: The Effects of Race and Neighborhood on Adolescent Males’ Police
Experiences; & Police in Britain and the use of ethnography as a research technique
Visiting Scholar Rod Brunson, assistant professor at the University of Alabama, will give a research presentation for the Criminal Justice Doctoral Program Colloquium, along with South African Journalist, Jonny Steinberg.
Light refreshments will be served.
Thursday, May 1st.
12:30-2:00 pm.
Room 636T
R.S.V.P. to: crjphd@jjay.cuny.edu
March 27th: “Zebratown”
“Zebratown” named for the interracial enclave near the Elmira Correctional Facility, is Professor Greg Donaldson’s five-year study of a former state prison inmate’s struggle to reenter society and reinvent himself. With one foot in his former world of drug dealers and another firmly planted in a new home in a new city, Kevin Davis walks along the narrowest divide between personal disaster and triumph. Professor Donaldson, a widely published journalist, will speak of the unusual origins of “Zebratown”, exploring public policy related to prisoner reentry and its impact on interracial relations. Donaldson’s presentation will include a discussion of ethics in ethnography and
the techniques of creative non-fiction.
This event is co-sponsored by:
Department of Speech, Theater, and Media Studies
African American Studies Department
Office for the Advancement of Research
Thursday, March 27th
12:30-2:00 p.m.
Room 630T
RSVP to: kwilder@jjay.cuny.edu
March 26th: Reception Honoring Professor Delores Jones-Brown
President Jeremy Travis cordially invites you to a reception for
Professor Delores Jones-Brown in celebration of her appointment to
Director of the Center on Race, Crime and Justice
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
4:00 PM
Office of the President, 6th Floor
RSVP by March 17, 2008
Email: srutherford@jjay.cuny.edu
Phone: (212) 484-1366
February 28th: 2nd Annual Fyfe Memorial Police Accountability
Conference
To continue the scholarly tradition of research on police accountability
exemplified in the work of the late Dr. James Fyfe, John Jay College of
Criminal Justice sponsors a conference series and offers support for
students who specialize in research about police.
The Fyfe Fellowship is awarded to a student who has served as a law
enforcement officer and is writing a dissertation on a topic related to
policing.
- Fyfe Memorial Program
February 19th: The Black Shields
In Celebration of Black History Month, The Center on Race, Crime and
Justice presents "The Black Shields" a discussion and booksigning by
author Roger L. Abel. Mr. Abel is a retired second grade New York City
Police Detective and a native New Yorker, with a long and
distinguished career in law enforcement. His work is a powerful
pictorial history and narrative of the Black police experience that
documents the successes and accomplishments shaped by an
interconnected series of sociological, political and legal events that
continue to take place today.
*November 19th: Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime &
Shopping Under Suspicion: Consumer Racial Profiling and Perceived
Victimization in the 'City of Brotherly Love'
Dr. Shaun L. Gabbidon, Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of
Public Affairs, Penn State- Harrisburg will present his latest book,
Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime, and his on-going
research on racial profiling and victimization in Philadelphia. Steve
Rutter, the Routledge Publisher for Social Sciences, and Dr. Gabbidon
will also host "Meet the Publisher" to discuss publishing
opportunities in the Criminology and Justice Studies Series. Click
here for more information.
*October 22-31, 2007: RE-DRAWING RESISTANCE
South Asian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance Sponsored by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Gender Studies Committee
Re-Drawing Resistance is a collection of paintings, photography,
poetry and videos from South Asian women survivors of violence, their
families and their artist allies.
For More Information: RedrawingResistance.com
*October 30, 2007: Books Not Bars
On October 30th, 2007 the Center on Race, Crime and Justice will
host "Books Not Bars" featuring its director, Zachary Norris, Esq. Mr.
Norris is a 2007 Human Rights Advocates Program Fellow at Columbia
University, Center for the Study of Human Rights. Through the Books
Not Bars program, Mr. Norris fights to redirect California's resources
away from youth incarceration and toward the creation of youth
opportunities. Click here for more information.
*May 3rd: Recovering Bodies of Evidence: Black Woman, Sexual Assault and Citizenship
Dr. Toni Irving, Assistant Professor of English at the University of
Notre Dame and our first visiting scholar will present her research on
the failure to prosecute sexual assault cases in Philadelphia, P.A.
particularly those involving African American women and girl victims.
Her research pulls from over two thousand "real" rape cases of low
income black women and girls ignored and not investigated in
Philadelphia between 1995 and 2000.
Click here for more information
*April 18th: Research on the "N" Word
Professor Kimora from the Department of Law, Police Science and
Criminal Justice Administration will present her research on the use
of "N" word. Her research will concentrate on the results from a focus
group discussion at a drug treatment center in the Bronx. In addition,
Professor Kimora will talk about the historical and political
implications of the use of the "N" word. 12:30 - 2.00 p.m., Room 630 T
Click here for more information
*March 6th: A Child in the Electric Chair
Professor Eli Faber, Chair of the History Department, John Jay College, CUNY
Professor Faber will present on his research-in-progress regarding the life and times of George Stinney, Jr. George Stinney, Jr., a 14-year-old African American boy, was executed by the State of South Carolina in 1944 for the murder of two white girls. He is reported as being the youngest person formally executed in the United States under modern statutes.
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Room 636B (In the Criminal Justice Doctoral Program Suite)
Sponsored by the Center on Race, Crime and Justice
Click here for more information
*February 21st: Race and Death Penalty Research
Presenters:
George Woodworth, Department of Statistics and
Actuarial Science, University of Iowa
Richard Berk, Department of Criminology and
Statistics, University of Pennsylvania
Barry Latzer, Department of Government, John Jay College, CUNY
This event will present recent developments in statistics and qualitative research on the role of race in capital prosecutions and sentencing.
Co-Sponsored with the Government Department
9:00 am- 1:30 p.m.
Room 630 T
Click here for more information
Related Research
* February 15th: After Innocence
After Innocence Party to Promote Justice featuring the award winning documentary, “After Innocence” chronicling the lives of men exonerated and released from prison based on DNA evidence. David Shepard, an exoneree from New Jersey, who featured in the film, will be present to answer questions.
Co-Sponsored with the Prisoner Re-entry Institute
5:00-8:00 p.m.
Room 630T
Click here for more information
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Related Research
*February 14th: Reception Welcoming
President Jeremy Travis and The Center on Race,
Crime and Justice will host a reception welcoming Dr. Toni Irving,
Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame as the
first visiting scholar for the Center. She will be researching the
failure to prosecute sexual assault cases in Philadelphia, P.A.
particularly involving African American women and girl victims.
Click here for more information
*February 7th: Dual Book Discussing & Signing
Author Kwando M. Kinshasa, Chair of African American Studies Department Black Resistance to the Klu Klux Klan in the Wake of Civil War & African American Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic
3:15-5:00 p.m.
Room 630T
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*December 12th, 2006: Another Mother's Son: An Emergency Forum to Discuss the Shooting Death of Sean Bell and its Implications for Police-Community Relations Another Mother’s Son
5:30-7:30 p.m.
North Hall, 1311 (2nd floor) Click here for more information
* October 26th, 2006: Scottsboro Then and Now:The Perpetual Struggle for Justice in the United States A Commemorative Symposium
Co-sponsored with the African American Studies Department and the Office of Research and Graduate Studies 603T Click here for more information
* October 3rd, 2006: The Death Penalty in Black and White
Co-sponsored with Office for the Advancement of Research and John Jay College BA/ ProMAgram
North Hall, Multi-Purpose (2nd Floor) Click here for more information
*May 3rd, 2006: Gail Garfield Discussion and Booksigning
Knowing What We Know: African American Women’s Experiences of
Violence and Violation
Co-sponsored with the Sociology Department Sociology Conference Area
Click here for more information
*February 24th, 2006: Black History Lecture Delivered by Gloria Brown-Marshall
A Brief History of Race and the Law in America: Selected Cases
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Room 636T
*December 13th, 2005: Inaugural Colloquium Delivered by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
Critical Race Theory in Understanding Race, Crime and Justice Issues
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Gerald W. Lynch Theater Lobby
Click here for more information
* October 11th, 2005: Center on Race, Crime and Justice Launching
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Gerald W. Lynch Theater Lobby
* February 18-19th, 2005: Race, Crime and Justice Center Planning Symposium
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Room 630T
