Full Description
Exploitation and Criminalization at the Margins: The Hidden Toll on Unvalued Lives explores the causes and consequences of discrimination experienced by vulnerable populations in the areas of policing, criminal justice, sex trafficking, intimate partner violence, immigration, (dis)ability, politics, substance abuse, and food insecurity. The contributors—many with firsthand experience—argue that children, women, people of color, immigrants, and numerous "others" are systemically devalued by institutions and authority figures. By indicating that some lives are worth less than others, it becomes possible and even socially acceptable to deny these groups assistance and resources, which in turn increases the risk and harm these marginalized communities face. Centering lived experiences, this work challenges discriminatory assumptions, presenting alternative pathways to equity that emphasize human dignity, compassion, empathy, and collaborative social justice.
Contents
Part I: Value and Risk
Chapter 1: Caught in the Crosshairs: A Value of Life Examination of the Policing of Youth with Disabilities by Louise M. Yoho and Kiera R. Harrison
Chapter 2: Carceral Environments of Risk: Reframing Danger and Care in Imprisoned America by William J. Robertson and Lindsey Raisa Feldman
Chapter 3: "Everybody in the House Will go to Jail": Opioid Overdose and Resistance to Calling 911 in a Rural Setting by Kelly Szott
Chapter 4: Economics and Intimate Partner Violence by Jacqueline A. Strenio and Jasmin M. A. Sackey
Part II: Lived Experience
Chapter 5: The Banality of Evil and the Normalization of Hate by Cameron Hayes and Taryn VanderPyl
Chapter 6: I am the Headline: How Media Harms Children Involved in the Criminal Justice System by Shanell Sanchez, Ellyn House, and Catherine Venegas-Garcia
Chapter 7: Centering Lived Experience Voices: Identifying Systems that Perpetuate Harm for Sex Trafficking Victims and Survivors by Angie Henderson, Sam Loon, and Maria Tell
Chapter 8: Lives Deprived of Meaning: How Carcerally-Impacted Scholars Stand Up to Attempts to Devalue Their Truth by Grant Tietjen
Part III: Immigration
Chapter 9: Immigration and Workforce Safety: Examining the Exploitation and Abuse of the Undocumented Immigrant Workforce in the US Labor Market by Mercedes Valadez
Chapter 10: Stigmatization and Labeling of Mexican Immigrants: Role of Media on Life Outcomes by Catherine Venegas-Garcia and Shanell Sanchez
Chapter 11: Zero-Tolerance at the US Border: Understanding the Impact and Consequences of Family Separation by Mercedes Valadez
Chapter 12: Disposable People in Toxic Texas: ICE Detention Centers and Federal Prisons as Pollution Outliers Robert Todd Perdue
Part IV: Power and Oppression
Chapter 13: Countering the Master Narrative: A Critical Race Theory and Value of Life Analysis of Unrecognized Capital by Cole Horning and Taryn VanderPyl
Chapter 14: Discourse as a Productive Force in Education: Attacks on Transgender Rights, COVID-19, Library Books, and Critical Race Theory by Jarrett Moore
Chapter 15: Growing Justice: Food Apartheid, Criminalization of Food Insecurity, and Anti-Oppression Gardening by Taryn VanderPyl
