Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
9-2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Program
Criminal Justice
Advisor
David Brotherton
Committee Members
Lucia Trimbur
Richard Curtis
Jock Young
Cornel West
Charles S. Green
Subject Categories
African American Studies | Criminology | Educational Sociology | Inequality and Stratification | Race and Ethnicity
Keywords
Black Academic Resilience, Criminogenic Resistance Theory, Racial Socialization, Black Identity Development, Structural Violence, Scholarvist
Abstract
Utilizing 29 in-depth semi-structured interviews, the life-course narratives of Black male scholars who, as victims of varying manifestations of structural violence, have “beat the odds” academically. Findings suggest that Black men and boys benefit from positive, racially-informed socialization that assists in the development of an internalized identity that (a) acts as a protective and resistant barrier against some of the impediments of institutional racism, (b) operates as a counter-criminogenic influence, and (c) facilitates educational resilience. Criminogenic Resistance Theory (C.RT) is presented as an alternative conceptualization of the process by which Black boys resist the criminogenic influences of structuralized violence.
Recommended Citation
Green, Charles M. Sr., "Against Criminalization and Pathology: The Making of a Black Achievement Praxis" (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/2876
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