Interrupting Criminalization: Research in Action
In the coming year, Interrupting Criminalization: Research in Action will:
- generate new information and data analysis on policing and prosecutorial practices driving criminalization and incarceration of survivors of violence that will inform systemic advocacy and shift narratives around women, trans & gender nonconforming people charged with violent crimes;
- train advocates to use participatory research strategies to support campaigns to free incarcerated survivors;
- disseminate information on policing and prosecutorial practices driving criminalization of women for poverty, survival, drug use and mental illness in accessible formats for use in campaigns to end pre-trial detention, close jails, and reduce criminalization and incarceration of women, trans & gender nonconforming people;
- investigate patterns and best practices for prevention of sexual violence by police officers as a contribution to ongoing legislative debates, policy reforms and narratives sparked by #MeToo and the “me too. movement.”
This initiative is entirely supported through private donations and foundation funding. For more information or to support the work of Interrupting Criminalization: Research in Action, please contact Andrea Ritchie (aritchie@barnard.edu) or Mariame Kaba (mkaba@barnard.edu).
Interrupting Criminalization is hiring!
If you are a digital organizing, event planning, administrative and financial reporting whiz, we’d love to hear from you! Applications considered on a rolling basis, position open until filled. People of color, queer and trans people, migrants and disabled people encouraged to apply. For more information, download the job posting.
Resources
Download the Fact Sheets: What Is Driving the Mass Criminalization of Women and LGBTQ People? (PDF)
Image credit: #FreeBresha by Molly Crabapple