ERIC Number: EJ1279304
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 18
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Enhancing the Carceral State: Criminal/ized History Questions in College Admissions
Castro, Erin L.; Magana, Sydney
Journal of College Student Development, v61 n6 p814-831 Nov-Dec 2020
In this article we argue that the practice of requisite criminal/ized history disclosure in college admissions enhances carceral state power. Situating institutions of higher education as key sites through which surveillance is practiced, we traced the available evidence regarding targeted punishment in the US and the ramifications of a criminal record. We contend that this admissions practice constitutes a renewed form of racial exclusion and positions institutions of higher education as directly complicit in the US carceral state. It is only through carcerality that requiring criminal/ized history in college admissions can be seen as a rational practice.
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, Disclosure, Crime, Racial Bias, Background, Institutionalized Persons, Biographical Inventories
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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