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  • 1. Waliaula, Kennedy The Incarcerated Self: Narratives of Political Confinement in Kenya

    Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2009, Comparative Studies

    My dissertation explores the narratives of incarceration that have emerged in the pre-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial eras in Kenya. Rather than embark on the almost impossible task of examining all forms of prison narratives, this study concentrates mainly on the fiction and non-fiction writing of prisoners of conscience or political prisoners. Political repression has been a recurrent motif in Kenya since pre-colonial but particularly in the colonial and postcolonial times. Victims of state terror have consistently added to the long list of the literature of prison that invites scholarly investigation. Focusing on memory, truth telling, the I-pronoun, and trauma, the study analyzes the relationship between self-exploration and narration of confinement. I show that oral narratives inaugurated the narrativization of incarceration in Kenya during the pre-colonial era and continued to serve as the oxygen ventilating written prison narratives in succeeding periods. In this regard I argue that there are Kenyan oral texts that exemplify what may be termed oral prison narratives. The study identifies the connection between written and oral tales of incarceration by unearthing the extent to which oral tales are variously appropriated to capture incarceration as individual or collective lived experience whether in a literal or symbolic sense. The study is based on the assumption that there is a relationship between narrating one's prison experience and the process of self-exploration or self-discovery. Also, the study assumes that there is a relationship between the prison context and the text; and that the prisoner's individual experience may embody the collective experience of those in same or similar circumstances and may go beyond the prison walls, encompassing the lived experience of those outside prison as well, especially in times of pervasive political intolerance and repression. Although my method is fundamentally literary-critical, the study spans across a wi (open full item for complete abstract)
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    Committee: Nina Berman (Committee Chair); Adeeko Adeleke (Other); Maurice Stevens (Other) Subjects: African Literature

  • 2. Hale, Jacob Reading Street Lit with Incarcerated Juveniles: The Myth of Reformative Incarceration

    Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, 2018, English

    Using a Third Space theoretical framework, this paper investigates how incarcerated juveniles are impacted by the reading of Street Literature. The study uses literary analysis to examine three works of Street Literature to determine what depictions of incarceration the residents of a detention center encounter. The results from qualitative field research are then used to analyze the residents' perceptions of their own incarceration and potential for personal reformation in relation to the selected books. The study finds that the residents are skeptical of incarceration's ability to make them change their ways and even that jail can make them be better criminals. The residents are, however, motivated to change by their relationships, a theme they encountered in the books. The paper ends by framing the findings with a discussion of mass incarceration, suggesting that the myth of reformative incarceration no longer functions as an effective narrative to inspire hope and personal change.
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    Committee: Patrick Thomas Ph.D (Committee Co-Chair); David Fine Ph.D (Committee Co-Chair); Meredith Doench Ph.D (Committee Member) Subjects: American Literature; Criminology; Education; Language Arts; Literature; Social Research

  • 3. Silverwood, Amber Would You Offer Your Heart to the Wolf with the Red Roses? The Lived Experience of Women in Relationships with Violent and Incarcerated Men

    Psy. D., Antioch University, 2023, Antioch Seattle: Clinical Psychology

    Relationships with incarcerated individuals can be complex and complicated for the partner outside the prison walls. These relationships are seldom discussed and are poorly studied overall, with minimal information available about the people who start romantic relationships with people in prison. This study aimed to better understand the lived experiences of the women who engage in romantic relationships with men and specifically examined romantic relationships that started after their partner was incarcerated. The participants for this study were located on the website Reddit, in a designated subreddit for women in such relationships. In total, nine women responded and spoke candidly about their experiences and the challenges involved in their relationships. The study utilized interpretative phenomenological analysis to examine the results and established several themes to help better understand the experiences of these women. During Zoom interviews, the participants spoke about their challenges with communication and financial hardships, but the results indicate that the fear of being judged by other people keeps them from disclosing information about their relationships. In some cases, the fear of being judged by other people appears to have increased the level of isolation among this population. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA (https://aura.antioch.edu) and OhioLINK ETD Center (https://etd.ohiolink.edu).
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    Committee: Michael Sakuma, PhD (Committee Chair); Jude Bergkamp, PsyD (Committee Member); John Haroian, PhD (Committee Member) Subjects: Clinical Psychology; Psychology

  • 4. Pompoco, Amanda Identifying Dimensions of Prison Education Programs Most Effective for Reducing Deviance During and After Incarceration

    PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2021, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice

    Empirical evidence favors the effectiveness of correctional education for reducing an individual's odds of recidivism (Davis et al., 2014). However, the literature in this field has yet to determine the characteristics or dimensions of effective correctional education programming. Identifying the features of prison education and vocation programs could improve policies related to correctional education services. Informed by theories of adult education and correctional rehabilitation, this dissertation sought to identify the dimensions of effective prison education programs that reduce an incarcerated person's (IP's) subsequent deviance both during confinement and after release. Over 200 education and vocation programs serving IPs in the State of Ohio were examined to (a) identify the general dimensions of these programs that might impact subsequent behaviors (using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses), and (b) test whether and how these dimensions are related to subsequent rule violations during incarceration as well as the odds of returning to prison after release (using multilevel modeling with IPs nested within facility-specific programs). Results of the factor analyses revealed a fairly comprehensive factor structure relevant to prison-based literacy, general education, vocation/apprenticeship, and college programs. Although the effects of these factors on the odds of misconduct and prison returns were primarily mixed and sometimes counterintuitive, certain dimensions of these programs corresponded with lower deviance rates across multiple types of programs. Implications of these findings for knowledge on key dimensions of correctional education programs and their relevance for reducing crime are discussed, and directions for future research on prison education programs are provided.
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    Committee: John Wooldredge Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Lori Brunsman Lovins Ph.D. (Committee Member); Joshua Cochran Ph.D. (Committee Member); Edward Latessa Ph.D. (Committee Member); Sarah Manchak Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Criminology

  • 5. Spiegel, Stephanie The Relevance of Prison Reentry Programs for Shaping Female Offender Behavior

    PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2020, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice

    Despite the emergence of what works in corrections, a small number of studies have evaluated the effects of prison programming on post-release behavior. Even fewer studies have evaluated the effects of prison programming for reducing prison deviance and the majority of studies have been derived from male samples and subsequently applied to women. This is a significant oversight given the number of female offenders currently incarcerated and the potential implications for their reentry. This dissertation sought to advance prior work by examining the effects of reentry approved programs on institutional misconduct and recidivism on a large sample of female offenders in Ohio. Multiple outcomes reflecting institutional misconduct and return to prison were examined. Propensity score matching was used to compare female offenders who participated in a reentry approved program (group by group) to offenders who did not participate in a reentry approved programs. Additionally, multivariate regression with statistical controls was also adopted as a sensitivity check of the results from PSM. The results suggest that Thinking for a Change and therapeutic community programs are relevant for reducing the females' odds of institutional misconduct. Findings on return-to-prison were generally consistent with those for institutional misconduct, but offer some additional insights in that women who participated in Victim Awareness and vocational training programs had lower odds of returning to prison.The results also revealed program completion is relevant for reducing deviance compared to merely starting but not completing a program. To provide greater context to the findings, a discussion of how reentry approved programs adhere to and do not adhere to a major theoretical model of correctional intervention, the risk-need-responsivity model, is presented.
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    Committee: John Wooldredge Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Shelley Johnson Listwan Ph.D. (Committee Member); Edward Latessa Ph.D. (Committee Member); Sarah Manchak Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Criminology

  • 6. White, Lillian Storytelling, Community and Dialogue: The Making of And Yet We'll Speak at Grafton Reintegration Center

    BA, Oberlin College, 2016, Individual Major

    This honors thesis examines the purpose, process and intellectual framework of an original theater project devised with incarcerated men. Through analysis of the ethnographic and theatrical approaches used in the creation process, the author and lead artist of the project examines the artistic, political, and ethical dimensions storytelling as social practice in the context of the American prison system.
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    Committee: Ana C. Cara (Advisor); Caroline Jackson-Smith (Advisor); Johnny W. Coleman (Committee Member); Phyllis Gorfain (Other) Subjects: Performing Arts; Theater Studies

  • 7. Maraganore, Adam Designing for an Unoppressive Prison Architecture

    MARCH, University of Cincinnati, 2017, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture

    This thesis examines architecture's role in the unsuccessful prison institutions in the United States through its use of oppressive architectural elements. Architecture is proven to play a role in making peoples' lives better or worse, and the following examination pulls apart elements for a better design practice. By examining architecturally oppressive elements, spatial layouts and site specific information, new, more effective facilities can be built. Works of Michel Foucault, Michelle Alexander, Leslie Fairweather are instrumental in providing insight along with the works of practicing architects—Kyle May and Roger Paez or views from prisoners and witnesses of oppression itself from Reverend Kaia Stern. An examination of oppressive architectural elements in prisons, past and present, enlightens at what needs to change and why, creating a new facility in the neighborhood of Northside, in Cincinnati, Ohio which utilizes alternative solutions to the typical oppressive elements of American prisons.
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    Committee: Aarati Kanekar Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Edson Roy Cabalfin Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Architecture

  • 8. Barnaby, Nicole The Biography of an Institution: The Cultural Formation of Mass Incarceration

    Master of Arts, The Ohio State University, 2016, African-American and African Studies

    It may be hard for some to justify how the United States imprisons over two million people when it is hailed `the land of the free,' but this thesis argues that there are very real social, economic and political drivers behind this growing trend having nothing to do with crime. While mass incarceration has its roots in other older forms of racialized social control, it exists in its current form due to an array of cultural conditions which foster its existence. Utilizing the cultural studies tool known as the circuit of culture, this thesis aims to provide a holistic understanding of the articulation of social factors contributing to the existence of mass incarceration. In order to do this, mass incarceration is assessed with the use of the 5 processes of the circuit of culture (production, regulation, representation, consumption and identity) and a specific look at its relation to the Black community over time is considered.
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    Committee: Devin Fergus (Advisor); Denise Noble (Committee Member); Lynn Itagaki (Committee Member) Subjects: African American Studies; Black Studies; Sociology

  • 9. Eklin, Timothy Powerlessness within a Budget-Driven Paradigm: A Grounded Theory Leadership Study from the Perspective of Michigan Corrections Officers

    Ph.D., Antioch University, 2015, Leadership and Change

    This study explored the lived-experiences of 15 correctional officers and 5 sergeants working in adult state-operated prison facilities in Michigan. In particular, this qualitative grounded theory study revealed the impact that budget driven decision-making had on the lives of correctional officers: its effect on institutional custody, security, and safety. The study finds that many recent policy changes resulted in a sense of powerlessness expressed by the participants of the study. Participants found themselves in a precarious position, situated in between the prison population and the administration. Having an understanding of how correctional officers make meaning of their work in relation to powerlessness provides increased clarity regarding overall job satisfaction and organizational effectiveness. Perhaps the most significant finding involves the participants' foreshadowing prison riots based on a lack of resources and a return to a time when Michigan prisons were less safe. Participants reference low staffing levels, changes to the inmate security classification system, overcrowding, inadequate training, disengaged staff, low organizational commitment, inexperienced executive leadership, and poor food service as contributing factors to the participants' overall sense of powerlessness to prevent future prison unrest. Most participants have voluntarily deselected from consideration to assume future formal leadership roles; most of the sergeant participants have expressed regret for joining the ranks of management. These factors have significant implications for organizational leadership and change. The electronic version of this dissertation is at OhioLink ETD Center, http://www.etd.ohiolink.edu and AURA, http://aura.antioch.edu/
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    Committee: Elizabeth Holloway PhD (Committee Chair); Lize Booysen DBL (Committee Member); Nancy Hogan PhD (Committee Member); Travis Schermer PhD (Other) Subjects: Criminology; Management; Organizational Behavior; Public Administration

  • 10. Briney, Carol My Journey with Prisoners: Perceptions, Observations and Opinions

    MLS, Kent State University, 2013, College of Arts and Sciences / Liberal Studies Program

    Carol E. Briney is the founding executive director of Reentry Bridge Network, Inc. and Reentry Solutions, Inc. Briney believes that a systematic approach is required to reduce the likelihood of recidivisim. For nearly a decade, she has written and facilitated holistic pro-social programs inside prisons and in community forums. Her programs support bridging the gap between prison and community by focusing on human value, grief-impairment, daily literacy, reentry and job readiness, trauma-informed care, the healing arts, and understanding poverty. Briney's work is founded on her strong belief - If we can’t help people to realize their own universal value, how can we expect them to see the value in their victims or their environment? This is gained through asset building, not punitive action. It takes community to reduce recidivism.
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    Committee: Richard Berrong PhD (Advisor); Clare Stacey PhD (Committee Member); Manacy Pai PhD (Committee Member) Subjects: African American Studies; African Studies; Aging; Art Criticism; Art Education; Behavioral Psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Black History; Black Studies; Cognitive Psychology; Cognitive Therapy; Communication; Counseling Education; Counseling Psychology; Criminology; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural Resources Management; Curriculum Development; Developmental Psychology; Divinity; Early Childhood Education; Education; Education Philosophy; Educational Evaluation; Educational Psychology; Educational Sociology; Educational Tests and Measurements; Elementary Education; Evolution and Development; Experimental Psychology; Families and Family Life; Fine Arts; Forensic Anthropology; Gender Studies; Gerontology; Individual and Family Studies; Inservice Training; Instructional Design; Journalism; Kinesiology; Language; Linguistics; Literacy; Logic; Mental Health; Metaphysics; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Modern History; Modern Literature; Occupational Psychology; Organizational Behavior; Pastoral Counseling; Peace Studies; Pedagogy; Personal Relationships; Personality Psychology; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Psychotherapy; Public Administration; Public Policy; Religion; Religious Education; School Counseling; Secondary Education; Social Psychology; Social Research; Social Structure; Social Work; Sociolinguistics; Sociology; Spirituality; Teacher Education; Theology; Urban Planning; Vocational Education; Welfare; Womens Studies

  • 11. Jing, Yijia State prison privatization in the US: A study of the causes and magnitude

    Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2005, Public Policy and Management

    In this dissertation I study the causes and magnitude of state prison privatization in the US as a case to explore the privatization of core governmental functions. My theoretical analysis of core governmental functions concludes that their privatization is in general driven by changes in politics, which make it possible to reconceptualize and marketize core governmental functions that are traditionally monopolized by the state. Applying this logic to state prison privatization in the US, conservative social control and neoliberal economic policies are identified as two major forces that drove penal reforms and prison privatization. They overcame the political and moral barriers toward private prisons and created the functional dilemmas of correctional systems and thus the instrumental demand for private prisons. This causality argument is applied to an empirical examination of the influence of political and instrumental factors on the magnitude of state prison privatization among the 50 US states in 2003 by using the Tobit model. The results show that both political and instrumental factors are important for states in deciding the level of dependence on private correctional facilities. While instrumental concerns may have the most direct influence, their influence is often contingent on the political environment. As a conclusion, compared to peripheral functions, the privatization of core governmental functions should be explained by a logic of political economy. The increased participation of the private sector in core governmental areas is fundamentally explained by the political motives of the state to expand its functional scope and to simultaneously reduce its role in direct service production and delivery.
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    Committee: Trevor Brown Bert Rockman (Advisor) Subjects:

  • 12. Tisel, David Unfree Labor and American Capitalism: From Slavery to the Neoliberal-Penal State

    BA, Oberlin College, 2013, Politics

    From Marx to Friedman, most theorists of capitalism claim that capitalist development promotes free labor and diminishes the productive use of "pre-capitalist" forms of unfree labor such as slavery or serfdom. Such theories have trouble explaining both the persistence of different types of unfree labor throughout the capitalist era of American history and the resurgence of prison labor in the contemporary neoliberal period. Applying works by Connor and Habermas, this paper argues that the American history of unfree labor under capitalism has been shaped by the "contradiction" between private, concentrated capital accumulation and generalized public legitimation of the capitalist state. Both slavery in the antebellum south and convict leasing in the postbellum south were examples of accumulation by unfree labor. Then, under Fordism, unfree labor declined as Marx would expect. However, in the neoliberal period, unfree labor returns in the form of prison labor under racialized institutions of mass incarceration; the racial disproportionality of U.S. prisons are heir to past racializing institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow. However, contemporary prison labor differs from past examples of unfree labor in that today it is generally unproductive materially, but it persists because political elites use it as a legitimating spectacle that reinforces ideological-cultural values at the core of neoliberal capitalism: that everyone, especially the African American "underclass" must work. The ongoing insertion of capitalist institutions into U.S. prisons through prison labor and privatization are the results of ideological attempts to reconcile contradictory elements of the neoliberal-penal state: the ideology of free markets and limited government conflicts with the "big government," coercive reality of mass incarceration, and the cost of maintaining the massive carceral apparatus conflicts with the neoliberal obsession with governmental and economic efficiency. The neolibe (open full item for complete abstract)
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    Committee: Marc Blecher (Advisor); Chris Howell (Advisor) Subjects: Political Science

  • 13. Roll, William Interviewer trustworthiness in a penitentiary setting /

    Master of Arts, The Ohio State University, 1970, Graduate School

    Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects:

  • 14. Califano, Aimee A Critical Incident Analysis of Humanizing Interactions Between Correctional Officers and People who are Incarcerated

    Ph.D., Antioch University, 2024, Leadership and Change

    The correctional officer (CO) has one of the most critical roles in the correctional setting and is one of the least studied topics amongst criminal justice professionals (Butler et al., 2018). In the United States, a CO's primary responsibility is to ensure the safety and well-being of an incarcerated individual and the staff that work in the prison setting (Cheek, 1984). Paradoxically, in the United States, the CO works in an organizational system based on deprivation and punishment toward incarcerated people. The United States Prison system's current structure does not support rehabilitation efforts of incarcerated people and ultimately impacts any attempts at a successful re-entry into the community (Ahalt et al., 2019). Furthermore, this punitive-oriented organizational structure has acute and deleterious effects on the mental and physical health of the CO. This study used critical incident technique to examine humanizing interactions between corrections officers and incarcerated people, from the perspective of the COs. Participants were asked to identify moments where they felt an incarcerated person (IP) saw their (the COs) humanity, they saw an IPs humanity, and suggestions regarding how corrections leaders could further support a humanizing approach. Findings included three overarching themes which describe the essence of these humanizing interactions: Being Emotionally Available, Responding with Active Support, and Interacting with Intention. Exploration of these critical incidents also revealed that COs experienced a range of positive outcomes from taking a humanizing approach. The goal of the study was to gain insight to the humanizing practices of COs in the United States from the officers' perspectives, which is largely underrepresented. This dissertation concludes with recommendations for COs and corrections leaders to further support and develop humanistic approaches to corrections culture and practice. This dissertation is available in open access (open full item for complete abstract)
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    Committee: Harriet Schwartz PhD (Committee Chair); Aqeel Tirmizi PhD (Committee Member); Timothy Eklin PhD (Committee Member) Subjects: Criminology

  • 15. Sloan, Ruth Mass Incarceration and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Mortality: The Disproportionate Impact on Black Americans

    Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 2024, Public Health

    Background: Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias (ADRD) mortality rates have continued to increase in the United States (US) since 2000 with rates among non-Hispanic Blacks appearing lower than among non-Hispanic Whites, however the slope of the mortality rate has increased 303% for Blacks compared to 191% for Whites.1 Social factors that disproportionality impact Black populations through increased stress and higher allostatic load have been shown to increase risk for cognitive decline as well as ADRD.2–6 In the US, disproportionate penalization through racialized targeting of Black populations by the criminal justice system forms one of the most widely recognized stressors for Black individuals and their communities.7–9 Objective: To examine whether historical exposure to high prison incarceration rates corresponds with elevated risk of ADRD mortality among Black adult populations, relative to White adults, across all US counties, in a longitudinal manner Methods: Lagged and concurrent county level incarceration data from 1990-2018 (from the Vera Institute of Justice Incarceration Trends Dataset) were used to determine the long-term association of incarceration trends on ADRD mortality from 2005-2018 (data from the National Vital Statistics System Mortality Data). The primary exposure of interest was county level prison incarceration rate from 15 years prior and primary outcome was county level ADRD mortality rate, by race, for those over the age of 65 years. Two-way fixed effect Poisson regression models were used to model the association between race-specific ADRD mortality rates and lagged prison incarceration rates for the 34,194 county years included in the analyses while controlling for county-level jail incarceration rates, percent in poverty, percent unemployed, percent uninsured, and demographic characteristics. Results: Relative to Whites, the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of ADRD mortality among Blacks increases by 2.53 (95% CI= 1.60, 3. (open full item for complete abstract)
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    Committee: Amy Ferketich (Committee Member); Parvati Singh (Advisor) Subjects: Epidemiology; Public Health

  • 16. Schultz, Charles The Conditions at Johnson's Island Prison During the Civil War

    Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, 1960, History

    Committee: Robert W. Twyman (Advisor) Subjects: History

  • 17. Schultz, Charles The Conditions at Johnson's Island Prison During the Civil War

    Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, 1960, History

    Committee: Robert W. Twyman (Advisor) Subjects: History

  • 18. Pickett, Sara Emotional Leveraging While Imprisoned: A Qualitative Study into the Linkages Between Incarceration, Romantic Couples, and Mental Health

    PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2022, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Counselor Education

    The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which a romantic relationship influences an incarcerated male's mental health while he is imprisoned, and after his release through a multiple-case study qualitative research approach. Three research questions related to this focus guided the study. Prior to this research study, there were no studies that explored how a romantic relationship influences a male's mental health while he is incarcerated in a United States prison through a qualitative approach. Four heterosexual couples who had been together since the male's incarceration and remained together upon his release from prison participated in the study. The two forms of used data collection were semi-structured interviews and an online survey. An inductive consensus thematic theoretical analysis was used for this qualitative multiple-case study. The ecological perspective, intersectionality, and social exchange theory were frameworks used to analyze the data, and ultimately the data provided four emergent themes. According to the results, there was a particular kind of relational bonding for the couples as they shared the traumatic experience of incarceration and their own mental health struggles, their contact during incarceration was their main form of intimacy, incarceration required certain displays of relational commitment especially by the females, and the importance of establishing hope and optimism for the future. Results showed the major influence and importance of a healthy romantic relationship for incarcerated males and their mental health. Information obtained from this study can bolster the counseling profession, bring awareness to a marginalized population, and inform future development of interventions aimed at helping both incarcerated individuals and their partners.
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    Committee: Amanda La Guardia Ph.D. (Committee Member); Andrew Wood Ph.D. (Committee Member); Anjali Dutt Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Counseling Education

  • 19. Wright, Elaysha A Cry for Help; Black Women and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

    Doctor of Education, Miami University, 2022, Educational Leadership

    The School-to-Prison Pipeline reflects the injustice that presents itself in our school systems. Strict Zero-Tolerance policies have led to the mass incarceration of specific communities of color. These policies have a hand in creating a revolving door that systemic racism has planted into our school systems. By drawing on the review of literature: Zero-Tolerance Policies, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Women in the School-to-Prison Pipeline, Systemic Racism and Discrimination, the literature provided context for addressing Black Women in the School-to-Prison Pipeline. The purpose of this study was to explore the lenses of six Black women over the age of 18 who were once incarcerated. Critical race theory and critical race feminism are the two theories that framed this research. Using this approach allowed for the six women in this study to tell their sides of their stories. The narratives of the six women will provide insight into their lives and provide help to all stakeholders involved in the educational system. Findings from the research indicated that dependency, family, financial disparities, negative school experiences and discipline are all key experiences that led Black women through the School-to-Prison Pipeline. This study reveals that there is a need for more attention to what is leading our Black girls into the prison system from school. There is attention needed from the community. There is also a need for schools to listen to each student and their individual needs. This dissertation offers possible solutions on how the schools can reach out more to their community stakeholders to bring in more programs for different students and enact change. INDEX WORDS: School-to-Prison Pipeline, Zero-Tolerance-Policy, Systemic Racism
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    Committee: Lucian Szlizewski (Committee Chair) Subjects: African Americans; Education

  • 20. Price, Gina The Effects of Heterogeneous Marijuana Policy Legalization in California on Surrounding Environments

    Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2022, Agricultural, Environmental and Developmental Economics

    Despite the existence of legal markets for both medical and recreational marijuana in California, the illicit market for marijuana still represents the majority in the state. With strict regulations and financial requirements accompanying marijuana policies, many participants in the industry continue to buy and sell in the illegal market to avoid extra costs. However, these costs are realized indirectly through impacts on the social and ecological environment. This dissertation analyses the impact marijuana policies on local crimes, forest cover change, and on the racial composition of the prison population. My research suggests that local government officials must consider the varying impact each marijuana policy has on the social and ecological environment of the area to ensure that policies maximize potential benefits and minimize negative externalities. The first chapter examines whether medical and recreational marijuana legalization policies effectively induce changes in municipal crime rates by reducing drug crimes and the strain on local law enforcement. I find that medical marijuana legalization has significant reduction in property and violent crime rates from key policies. The second chapter of this paper analyzes the environmental impact of The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64) and Proposition 47. By allowing adults 21 and over to possess and grow specified amounts of marijuana for recreational use and legalizing sales, Proposition 64 decreased the incentive for many to illegally grow in forested areas. Proposition 47 reclassified some marijuana offenses from felony to misdemeanor. Using the Hansen forest cover data on forested areas in California, this chapter provides a look into the impacts of marijuana legalization on the surroundings. I find that municipalities that choose to legalize homegrowing indoors and home growing outdoor policies have increases in forest cover loss. The final section examines the impact (open full item for complete abstract)
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    Committee: Daniela Miteva (Advisor); Alan Davis (Committee Member); Joyce Chen (Committee Member); Mark Partridge (Committee Member) Subjects: Agricultural Economics; Economics; Environmental Economics