Devah Pager (1972–2018)
Författare till Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration
Om författaren
Devah Iwalani Pager was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on March 1, 1972. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1993; a master's degree in sociology from the University of Cape Town in 1996; a second master's from Stanford University in 1997; and visa mer a doctorate in sociology from the University of Wisconsin in 2002. She became a sociologist best known for measuring and documenting racial discrimination in the labor market and in the criminal justice system. Her doctoral dissertation found that employers were more likely to hire a white man, even if he had a felony conviction, than a black man with no criminal record. Her dissertation became a book entitled Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration. She taught at Princeton University and Harvard University. She died from pancreatic cancer on November 2, 2018 at the age of 46. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Verk av Devah Pager
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Pager, Devah Iwalani
- Födelsedag
- 1972-03-01
- Avled
- 2018-11-02
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Dödsort
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Dödsorsak
- cancer
- Utbildning
- University of Wisconsin (PhD - Sociology)
Stanford University (MA)
University of Cape Town (MA - Sociology)
University of California, Los Angeles (BA - Psychology)
Punahou School - Yrken
- professor (Sociology)
sociologist - Organisationer
- Harvard University
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Statistik
- Verk
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 57
- Popularitet
- #287,973
- Betyg
- 3.1
- Recensioner
- 1
- ISBN
- 3
“In 1970, President Nixon announced a massive war on crime. More prisons were built and more people incarcerated than ever before in U.S. history. With the media's portrayal of convicts as demons, the public attitude toward anyone who had ever been arrested became bleak and hostile. According to Pager, this attitude prevails today, particularly in the job market. Using scholarly research, field research in Milwaukee, and graphics, she shows that ex-offenders, white or black, stand a very poor chance of getting a legitimate job (though black men with clean records fared the same as whites just out of prison). As a result, many live in poverty or return to crime. Pager is not an activist clamoring for reform but instead presents her findings in a clearheaded manner, pointing out the societal consequences of the predicament and suggesting ways for change. Written for the general reader with a nod to the academic audience, the book is both informative and convincing. Highly recommended.”… (mer)