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Since 1978, incarceration rates in Hawaiʻi have increased by 709%. Have people in Hawaiʻi become more delinquent in that time? Unlikely, since we know that humans don't ever really change.
Offit and Roberts join a cohort of scholars and leaders that are being recognized for their contributions toward a wide variety of disciplines.
Temecia and Rodney Jackson are demanding the return of their newborn baby after she was taken by child protective services in Dallas last month following a home birth. CPS removed the child after a pediatrician diagnosed her with jaundice and the parents decided to consult their midwife for treatment.
Dorothy Roberts has spent 25 years studying racism in the child welfare system. After working to reform the system for years, she says abolition is the only solution.
Social justice advocate and sociologist Dorothy Roberts will deliver the Periclean Scholars Guest Lecture to the Elon community on Thursday, Oct. 20 in Whitley Auditorium. The lecture is a part of...