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Nancy A. Heitzeg

Nancy A. Heitzeg is professor of sociology and endowed chair in the sciences at St. Catherine University, and the author of The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline, and Racialized Double Standards.

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Dec 10, 2017
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Prison Reform, Proposition 47 and the California Shell Game

For 20 years, California has deflected, co-opted or subverted prison refrom efforts.
by
Kay Whitlock &
Nancy A. Heitzeg,
Truthout
February 27, 2015
Truthout
News Analysis

“Bipartisan” Criminal Justice Reform: A Misguided Merger

The new Coalition for Public Safety provides cover for a neoliberal agenda.
by
Nancy A. Heitzeg &
Kay Whitlock,
Truthout
February 24, 2015
Truthout
News Analysis

The Perils of Criminal Justice “Reform” and the Promise of Abolition

We must question the entire enterprise known as “criminal justice.”
by
Nancy A. Heitzeg,
Critical Mass Progress
December 18, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Fallacy of Right-Wing Appeals to Race in Criminal Justice Reform

Ferguson and cities across the world took to the streets in continued protest of the police homicide of Mike Brown and a seemingly endless list of mostly young…
by
Nancy A. Heitzeg,
Critical Mass Progress
December 4, 2014
Truthout
News Analysis

The Myth of “Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform”: Mississippi Close-Up

No. Mississippi is not our Model of Criminal Justice Reform.
by
Nancy A. Heitzeg,
Critical Mass Progress
November 13, 2014
Truthout
News Analysis

Smoke and Mirrors: Essential Questions About “Prison Reform“

We’re hearing that we’ve entered a new era of “bipartisan prison reform.” But don’t celebrate just yet.
by
Nancy A. Heitzeg &
Kay Whitlock,
Critical Mass Progress
October 30, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

Aurora, “Whiteness” and the Double-Standard of Deviance/Social Control

Thug vs. Mentally Insane: Nancy A. Heitzeg discusses James Holmes and the privilege of whiteness in the aftermath of the Colorado shooting.
by
Nancy A. Heitzeg,
Critical Mass Progress
August 10, 2012
Truthout
News Analysis

The Year of Voter Suppression

Claren Merritt, 3, looks up at her father Andy Merritt as he casts his ballot in Atlanta, on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (Photo: Erik Lesser/The New…
by
Nancy A. Heitzeg,
Critical Mass Progress
January 8, 2012
Truthout
News Analysis

On State Violence, White Male Privilege and “Occupy“

“I ain’t about to go get arrested with some muhfuhkuhs who just figured out yesterday that this shit ain’t right.” quoted by Greg Tate in The Village Voice
by
Nancy A. Heitzeg,
Criminal InJustice
November 17, 2011
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