Roots of Injustice: The Structural Sources of America’s Penal State

Featuring Dr. David Garland

This event was held live on Zoom on March 5, 2021.  For information, including the agenda and speaker biographies, see the Agenda, Instructions, and Biographies. 

Welcome and Introductions

Dr. Jacqueline Helfgott, Professor/Director, Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center

Dr. Elaine Gunnison, Professor/Graduate Program Director, Seattle University Department of Criminal Justice

Featured Speaker and Panel Facilitator Introductions

PANEL #1 – Punishment and Welfare: A History of Penal Strategies (1985), Mass Imprisonment: Social Causes and Consequences (2001); Punishment and Modern Society: A Study in Social Theory (1993)

Facilitators: Dr. Beck Strah; Lauren Morgan, Nancy Garcia

PANEL #2 –On the Concept of Moral Panic in Crime, Media, and Culture (2008)

Facilitators: Emily Dorscher, Bradley Loetzke

PANEL #3 –America’s Death Penalty: Between Past and Present (2011); Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition (2012)

Facilitators: Jennifer Danner, Susan Nembhard

PANEL #4 – The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society (2001), The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction (2016)

Facilitators: Loren Atherley, Tonya Cole, Andrea Giuffre

Feature Presentation and Discussion: Dr. David Garland - The Roots of Injustice: The Structural Sources of America’s Penal State

Dr. David Garland

Discussion and Q&A

Facilitators: Teneshia Thurman, Kidst Messelu