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What is the difference between the European academic abolitionist tradition and the Black feminist abolitionist tradition?
The European academic abolitionist tradition focuses on imprisonment, while the Black feminist abolitionist tradition calls for divesting from policing and investing in community safety.
What is the difference between the European academic abolitionist tradition and the Black feminist abolitionist tradition?
The European academic abolitionist tradition focuses on imprisonment, while the Black feminist abolitionist tradition calls for divesting from policing and investing in community safety.
How does defunding police challenge abolitionist traditions?
Defunding police challenges abolitionist traditions to more thoroughly theorize policing's centrality to the penal system.
What is the scholar-activist abolitionist tradition and what does it propose?
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Why do some criminology scholars call for police abolition?
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Study Notes
- Penal abolitionists aim to abolish prisons and other punitive sanctions.
- European academic abolitionist tradition focuses on imprisonment.
- Black feminist abolitionist tradition calls for divesting from policing and investing in community safety.
- Defunding police challenges abolitionist traditions to more thoroughly theorize policing's centrality to the penal system.
- Pains of imprisonment and criminalization often originate in policing.
- Scholar-activist abolitionist tradition ties divestment from policing and investment in community capacities.
- Social harm of policing draws attention to long-term consequences for communities.
- Some criminology scholars call for police abolition.
- Criminal justice must be reconceived as an active quest for freedom.
- Public police overlook many forms of transgression, focusing on poor people's transgressions.
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Are you familiar with the different traditions and perspectives surrounding penal abolitionism? Test your knowledge with this quiz! From European academic abolitionist traditions to Black feminist abolitionist perspectives, explore the various theories and ideas surrounding the movement to abolish prisons and policing. Discover the social harm of policing and the long-term consequences for communities as you delve into the scholar-activist abolitionist tradition. Challenge your understanding of criminal justice and explore the calls for police abolition from criminology scholars. Ready to see how much you
