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healtheducation (criminal in)justice Slide 2 we are polling for justice Slide 3 participatory action research research with, not on Slide 4 In the beginning...research camps Slide 5 How do we want to ask about whos filling out the survey? Slide 6 What do we want to know about experiences with the criminal justice system? Slide 7 What about education? And health? Slide 8 Slide 9 Our history together As we wrote the survey, we learned about historical, contextual and structural causes of injustice Slide 10 Sculptures of injustice Slide 11 disparities... Slide 12 Slide 13 repping p4j Consortium Schools Graduate Students Community Board 11 Speak-outs and rallys Public Health workers District Judges Slide 14 Slide 15 Preliminary analysis Methods: Frequencies Contingency Tables Thematic content analysis of open-ended questions Slide 16 learning about cross- tabulations... Have you ever been hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose? How many girls were hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose? How many boys were hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose? Slide 17 So far we have 900 surveys Expecting 300 more First wave data that we are sharing today: N = 400 Slide 18 gender of our sample Slide 19 race/ethnicity of our sample Slide 20 Were hearing Youth care about education: 97% care about getting good grades in school 92% believe that their teachers have high expectations of them 83% plan on getting a BA, MA, or PhD Youth get it, and care about the community: 81% believe our economic system is unfair, and 74% believe society needs to be radically restructured 86% agree that young people can make a difference in society 90% believe that youth have important roles to play in making the world a better place and 74% said they like being involved with other young people to create change. Slide 21 Within the last 30 days of taking the survey: 22% were stopped by the police for questioning 15% were stopped by the police on their way to or from school 20% were stopped by police because of the clothes they were wearing Slide 22 Tell us about a time when you witnessed or experienced an injustice or unfairness that upset you: I heard a group of teens who were on there way to their friends funeral but because they all were wearing the same R.I.P. shirt they were stopped by the police and beaten (female, multiple ethnicities) Ive seen kids of color stopped from leaving the school building by security guards to check their ids (when they were done for the day and were permitted to leave the school), wheras I, as a white student, was questioned only once when leaving the building and have walked out of the building (past security guards) on several occasions when I should have been in class. (female, white) Slide 23 Tell us about a time when you witnessed or experienced an injustice or unfairness that upset you: Slide 24 From all this Slide 25 Slide 26 Very Rude! Unreasonable fines Stops youth for unidentified reasons Stopping you without any reason Getting stopped Get pat down Dont trust youre a student when using a student metrocard Ask where you are going Using unnecessary force Color discrimination Police dont trust you Rude comment and insults You cant sit in front of your own building Dont want you outside at a certain time Racial profiling Mistaken identity Using cuffs at unnecessary moments Random searches Violating peoples rights Sexual comments towards girls Police getting rough Cussing in your own home Arguments and harassments All in your business Sexual harassment Being disrespected out in public by cops Follow you when you are in a big group Take down to police station Attitudes toward youth Racism More powerful/ power abuse More money for cops The neighborhoods Stereotypes- youth steal, loud, cause problems Sexism Age groups Government (jail, law) Y o u t h Slide 27 Very Rude! Unreasonable fines Stops youth for unidentified reasons Stopping you without any reason Getting stopped Get pat down Dont trust youre a student when using a student metrocard Ask where you are going Using unnecessary force Color discrimination Police dont trust you Rude comment and insults You cant sit in front of your own building Dont want you outside at a certain time Racial profiling Mistaken identity Using cuffs at unnecessary moments Random searches Violating peoples rights Sexual comments towards girls Police getting rough Cussing in your own home Arguments and harassments All in your business Sexual harassment Being disrespected out in public by cops Follow you when you are in a big group Take down to police station Fear Dwindling economy/labor Technologies of surveillance set up conditions for how and who (or what) Shrinking public space Racism (including fear) The state needs criminals to eke out its own income by their forced labor Du Bois Individualism, privatization, late capitalism, vulnerability, structural racism, moral exclusion Patriarchy mistrust exposure stress A general fear/lack of trust of young people Representations of dangerous youth Genuine confusion Re: A better alternative White hegemony Slide 28 Fear Dwindling economy/labor Technologies of surveillance set up conditions for how and who (or what) Shrinking public space Racism (including fear) The state needs criminals to eke out its own income by their forced labor Du Bois Individualism, privatization, late capitalism, vulnerability, structural racism, moral exclusion Patriarchy mistrust exposure stress A general fear/lack of trust of young people Representations of dangerous youth Genuine confusion Re: A better alternative White hegemony Attitudes toward youth Racism More powerful/ power abuse More money for cops The neighborhoods Stereotypes- youth steal, loud, cause problems Sexism Age groups Government (jail, law) The Roots Slide 29 Slide 30 Shout out to Our missing core team members: Dominique Ramsey, Erik McKenzie, and Alisha Vierira The rest of our Graduate Center research team: Michelle Fine, Nick Freudenberg, Jessica Ruglis, Brett Stoudt, Valerie Francisco To Jessica Lake, intern extraordinairre To the Urban Youth Collaborative, Make the Road NY, Surdna Foundation, Hazen Foundation, Glass Foundation, Overbrook Foundation, Schott Foundation for making our project possible Free Minds Free People!! And the ADCO Foundation for making this trip possible! Slide 31 Slide 32 Slide 33