Mass Incarceration

Daylighting Past, Present Prison Practices

菠菜网lol正规平台's mass incarceration research illuminates connected workings of penal politics, economics, social theory, and human rights. Scholarship intersects with educational initiatives in our commitment to dismantling systemic barriers and creating impactful solutions for a just and equitable society. Below is a rotating selection of our standout faculty in this field.

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• Selected Publications

  • Armaline, W., Silfen-Glasberg, D., and Purkayastha, B., (2024). Human Rights Praxis and the Struggle for Survival. Routledge.

    Augustine, D. (2023). Coerced work during parole: Prevalence, mechanisms, and characteristics. Criminology 61(3)

    De Giorgi, A. (2018). Punishment, Marxism, and Political Economy. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

    Halushka, J. (2020). The Runaround: Punishment, Welfare, and Poverty Survival after Prison. Social Problems, 67(2).

    Kinney, E. (2015). Victims, Villains, and Valiant Rescuers: Unpacking Sociolegal Constructions of Human Trafficking and Crimmigration in Popular Culture. The Illegal Business of Human Trafficking, Springer

    Uresti, A., Thomas, S., (2023). Community-Building in a Virtual Third Space: Creative Approaches for Educators. Third-Space Exploration in Education, IGI Global.

• Award Highlights

  • Armaline, Worthen, “People's Budget of San Jose research and policy project of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 Human Rights Institute” — Heising Simons Foundation, 2020

    Armaline, Myers-Lipton, “Annual Silicon Valley Pain Index of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 Human Rights Institute” — Heising Simons Foundation, 2021

    Augustine, "A Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Fentanyl-Stimulant Polysubstance Use Among People Experiencing Homelessness" — NIH

    Harris, Kinney, “Survey of Sex Offenders under the Supervision of the CDCR and CASOMB” — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 2016

    Stevenson, “San José State University Research Foundation Service Navigation 2020-2021” — Santa Clara County, 2020, Ongoing

• Affiliates

  • CSU Social Science Research and Instructional Center

    Human Rights Institute

    Record Clearance Project

Featured Faculty

Bill Armaline
Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Political Sociology, Human Rights, Racism, Political Economy, Criminal Justice, Education
ORCID: 0000-0002-3720-1119

Dallas Augustine
Assistant Professor of Justice Studies
Punishment, Inequality, Prison, Reentry, Community Supervision, Parole, Employment, Homelessness, Substance Use, Social Control
ORCID: 0000-0002-6846-6929

Alessandro De Giorgi
Professor of Justice Studies
Critical Criminology, Punishment and Society, Sociolegal Studies, Political Economy of Punishment, Urban Ethnography, Marxist Theory
ORCID: 0000-0003-3772-1488

John Halushka
Associate Professor of Justice Studies
Sociology of Punishment; Law and Society; Prisoner Reentry; Race, Class, and Gender Inequalities; Qualitative Methods
ORCID: 0000-0002-6217-4829

Edith Kinney
Associate Professor of Justice Studies
Law and Social Movements, Criminal Justice, Human Trafficking
ORCID: 0000-0001-6097-0525

Margaret "Peggy" Stevenson
Lecturer, Record Clearance Project Director
Courts and Society, Criminal Conviction Clearance, Experiential and Service Learning, Legal Services for Low-Income Communities, Workers’ Rights, Restorative Justice

Aubrey Uresti
Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
Courts and Society, Criminal Conviction Clearance, Experiential and Service Learning, Legal Services for Low-Income Communities, Workers’ Rights, Restorative Justice
ORCID: 0000-0001-9460-446X

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