Event Title
Facts & Fictions about Islam in Prison: Assessing Prisoner Radicalization in Post-9/11 America
Description
This presentation assesses prisoner radicalization in the post-9/11 era. Using ethnographic data, it shows how Muslims have been characterized as a threat to national security, particularly, due to foreign jihadist connections. These assertions, however, are false alarms—neither extremist violence nor foreign infiltration has materialized in any meaningful way; the discussion will conclude by considering social and penal policies for keeping it this way.
About the Lecturer: Spearit is an Assistant Professor Law, University of St. Louis
Document Type
Event
Start Date
30-1-2013 12:00 PM
End Date
30-1-2013 1:00 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Muslims--United States--Social conditions; Muslim prisoners--United States; Radicalization--Psychological aspects--United States; National security--Social aspects--United States; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence
Geographic Coverage
United States--Ethnic relations
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Islam in Prison, Prisoner radicalization
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Facts & Fictions about Islam in Prison: Assessing Prisoner Radicalization in Post-9/11 America
Fairhaven College Auditorium
This presentation assesses prisoner radicalization in the post-9/11 era. Using ethnographic data, it shows how Muslims have been characterized as a threat to national security, particularly, due to foreign jihadist connections. These assertions, however, are false alarms—neither extremist violence nor foreign infiltration has materialized in any meaningful way; the discussion will conclude by considering social and penal policies for keeping it this way.
About the Lecturer: Spearit is an Assistant Professor Law, University of St. Louis
