![]() ![]() She studied the defendants to find the patterns in their experiences. The carceral continuum has been a little better researched, including by Dr. Q: Can you tell us more about what the “Carceral continuum” is and perhaps how that may or may not differ from the “School to Prison Pipeline” concept?Ī: There actually isn’t a lot of empirical data to support the School to Prison Pipeline concept. Choice is an area of difference between higher and lower SES. Students want to trust in institutions but they have difficulty when these things are in conflict. Can you talk about that?Ī: Justice is the lack of a gap between your perceptions of justice and the reality. Q: Trust in institutions is different between generations. We need to address the underlying problems rather than just covering over the problem. When asked, students said they wouldn’t call police if they were concerned. Additionally, students were told to call police if they didn’t feel safe. This doesn’t really address the underlying issues. Responsible adults were posted on corners where there are concerns. Q: What can you tell us about the idea of “safe passage”?Ī: Adults were placed on the route to school in “dangerous neighborhoods”. Harper, in particular, had a large swing from 2500 students to being slated for closure. Shedd fought to reveal school names since students moved on in the time of her study. Can you talk about that?Ī: Students in more diverse schools seemed to have higher feelings of injustice. There are some better funded schools compared to others. Q: There are vast differences within the school district. Until recently, you had to choose which was more important, race or gender. Can you explain that?Ī: Overlap of race and gender. She joined a project where questions were asked about police and questions of injustice. ![]() Q: What led to your interest in sociology in general, and more specifically in the areas of justice and educational systems?Ī: Always interested in crime, justice. Shedd examines the ways in which Chicago’s most vulnerable residents navigate their neighborhoods, life opportunities, and encounters with the law, through illuminating how schools have both reinforced or ameliorated the social inequalities that shape the worlds of students. To give a really brief summary, in Unequal City, Dr. ![]() Shedd for writing this book and to our association for seeking to impact issues of race and equity. She has also received numerous competitive fellowships and grants from the Russell Sage Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the National Consortium on Violence Research, Columbia University, and Northwestern University.įor those who may not be familiar with Unequal City, this was our National Association of School Psychologists’ National Book read. Shedd has been published in various academic journals and edited book volumes. Shedd’s exploration of the “carceral continuum” is extended in her new research capturing and analyzing the myriad legal and extra-legal attributes that impact juvenile justice processing and dispositions in New York City. It also highlights the racially stratified social and physical terrain youth traverse between home and school. Centrally, the book examines the two institutions that prominently shape the lives of urban youth: the public school system and the criminal justice system. Shedd’s first book, Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice, focuses on the city of Chicago. Shedd is passionate about illuminating the plight of urban adolescents who each day confront the paradoxes of:Ī school system that can work to educate or criminalize them Ī police department that can work to protect or harass them Īnd a justice system that can work to rehabilitate or damage them further.ĭr. Her research and teaching interests focus on: crime and criminal justice race and ethnicity law and society social inequality and urban sociology.ĭr. in Economics and African American Studies from Smith College. She received her PhD from Northwestern University and her A.B. Carla Shedd is an Associate Professor of Urban Education and Sociology at CUNY Graduate Center. ![]()
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