# Bruce Western
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Bruce Prichart Western (born July 1, 1964) is an Australian-born American sociologist and a professor of sociology at Columbia University. He has been called "one of the leading academic experts on American incarceration."
== Early life and education ==
Western was born in Australia, to a white native Australian father who taught at the University of Queensland, and a Thai international student mother. His father was John Western.
Bruce Western on "The dramatic rise of incarceration and its effect on the poor"
Bruce Western, professor of sociology at Harvard University and author of Punishment and Inequality in America, talks about the dramatic rise of incarceration and how it creates an inequality that is invisible, cumulative and intergenerational. His presentation was a part of the two-day conference …
Episode 24: Logan Lee on residential housing programs
Logan Lee talks about residential housing programs and recidivism.
"Halfway Home? Residential Housing and Reincarceration" by Logan M. Lee.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:
"From Locked Up to Locked Out: Access to Affordable Rental Housing and Criminal Recidivism" by Timothy Young.
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Income Inequality
A debate and discussion series from the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality. Cornell Economics Professor Robert Frank and Princeton Sociology Professor Bruce Western are featured for the first program on Income Inequality.
Understanding Policing
In this episode we move through Paul Butler's theorization of the chokehold and give a fast and dirty summation of the War on Drugs, the militarization of the police, and the consequences of contemporary policing. This draws from my time as a student of Dawn Dow and Gretchen Purser and my study of …
Black Lives Matter
Hi friends! Although this podcast has been on hiatus, we wanted to take a moment to chat a little about the Black Lives Matter movement, and the importance of supporting and sustaining these calls for radical change in our systems of policing, justice, and care. We hope you'll take the time to list…
Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice
The United States continues to grapple with creating an accurate, national picture of racial inequality in crime and justice. Criminal justice reform requires policies that interrogate and solve for the historical legacy of racial exclusion and structural inequalities.
On Tuesday, February 28, the …
Untying Knots: Crime and Justice - Charting a More Equitable Path
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Dr. Bruce Western sat down with Untying Knots to discuss the pioneering new report “Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice.” The report, co-chaired by Muhammad and Western for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, tackles the historical…
139 Bruce Western - Racism and Crime
Joshua B. Hoe interviews Bruce Western about his National Academies of Sciences report on Racism and Crime
You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/
Episode 60: Elisa Jácome on access to mental health care (REBROADCAST)
Elisa Jácome talks about how access to mental health care affects criminal behavior. This episode was first posted in November 2021.
“Mental Health and Criminal Involvement: Evidence from Losing Medicaid Eligibility” by Elisa Jácome.
OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:
“Homeward: Life i…
America Behind Bars
The American criminal justice system is based on the idea that a person is innocent until proven guilty. But did you know that most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime? How is this happening? In Episode 1 of Season 2, host Samantha Laine Perfas explores the history of incarceration in…
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