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Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice (Russell Sage,
Fall 2015) by Carla Shedd, Assistant Professor of Sociology and African
American studies/IRAAS Faculty member, was recently published in
September 2015. Shedd’s book, focuses on the city of Chicago. Centrally,
the book examines the two institutions that prominently shape the lives of
urban youth: the public school system and the criminal justice system. It
also highlights the racially stratified social and physical terrain youth
traverse between home and school. Shedd’s exploration of the “carceral
continuum” is extended in her new research capturing and analyzing the
myriad legal and extra-legal attributes that impact juvenile justice
processing and dispositions in New York City.
Mabel O. Wilson, Associate Professor of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation/ IRAAS Faculty Member,
received