Doctoral Dissertation Research: Black Youth, Political Learning, and the State in the Era of Hyperincarceration

博士论文研究：黑人青年、政治学习和过度监禁时代的国家

• 批准号: 1921205
• 负责人: Cathy Cohen
• 金额: $ 2.38万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1921205&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Black; Youth

Discipline and punishment are routine and politically consequential life events for many young people, particularly young African Americans. Black youth and young adults are disproportionately exposed to harsh disciplinary school environments, high rates of parental incarceration and punitive encounters with the criminal justice system, and strict penalties under state-level social welfare policy. Analyses of these trends have given rise to a growing body of research positing that punitive contact with the state diminishes the political capacity and efficacy of already vulnerable populations. But this emphasis on the depressive effects of punitive contact is arguably narrow and eclipses efforts to ascertain when, where, and how punitive encounters with the state do in fact generate or inform political action.To address these concerns, the present research examines how African American young adults' encounters with state and state-sanctioned discipline broadly inform their political engagement during the early adult years. Methodologically, the project integrates ethnography, in-depth interviews, and survey data to address the following questions: 1) How do black young adults' encounters with state-sanctioned discipline vary in quality and punitiveness? 2) How do these encounters influence black young adults' political capacities, orientations, and behaviors? 3) How does institutional context inform black young adults' political lives and engagement? By addressing these questions, this research will help scholars and policymakers gain a more nuanced understanding of processes and channels of political behavior that are often neglected in the social sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

对许多年轻人，特别是年轻的非裔美国人来说，纪律和惩罚是日常的、具有政治意义的生活事件。黑人青年和年轻成年人不成比例地暴露在严厉的纪律学校环境中，父母被监禁的比例很高，刑事司法系统的惩罚性遭遇，以及州一级社会福利政策下的严格惩罚。对这些趋势的分析导致越来越多的研究认为，与国家的惩罚性接触会削弱本已脆弱的人口的政治能力和效力。但是，这种强调惩罚性接触的抑郁影响可以说是狭隘的和黯然失色的努力，以确定何时，何地，以及如何与国家的惩罚性遭遇实际上产生或通知political action.To解决这些问题，本研究探讨如何非洲裔美国年轻人的遭遇与国家和国家批准的纪律广泛通知他们的政治参与在成年早期。在方法上，该项目整合了民族志，深入访谈和调查数据，以解决以下问题：1）黑人年轻人与国家批准的纪律的遭遇如何在质量和惩罚性上有所不同？2)这些遭遇如何影响黑人年轻人的政治能力、取向和行为？3)制度背景如何影响黑人青年的政治生活和参与？通过解决这些问题，这项研究将帮助学者和政策制定者对社会科学中经常被忽视的政治行为的过程和渠道获得更细致的理解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。