Mapping Community Data on Children of Prisoners: Strategies and Insights

Based on input from Reentry Mapping Network sites, presents best practices in mapping local data on children with parents in prison, in local jails, on probation, or on parole, to highlight their needs and the impact of parental incarceration on children

Prisoner Reentry in Houston: Community Perspectives

Outlines the views of community members, local government, and the nonprofit sector on housing, employment, substance abuse, and other issues of prisoner reentry; policies and practices that affect reentry; and the roles of the community and stakeholders

Charting a New Direction: Exploring the Future of Justice Mapping

Outlines how new mapping technologies help analyze the spatial dynamics of crime, prisoner reentry, poverty, poor health, low education levels, and homelessness, and the impact of criminal justice policies on communities. Discusses promising applications

Broken Bonds: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Children With Incarcerated Parents

Describes the shared characteristics of children with parents in prison, reviews current research on the emotional and behavioral challenges they face, and discusses what charities, practitioners, and policy makers can do to address those challenges

Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents: Views From Mentors

Provides qualitative insights from mentors on how parental incarceration affects children emotionally, behaviorally, and developmentally, as well as their relationships with their parents, and how their needs differ from those of other at-risk children

Strategies for Teaching Online: Perspectives from Across Disciplines

With the growth of online learning on the horizon at Winthrop University, faculty members can be best served in learning strategies for teaching online by participating in a dialogue with colleagues who are currently teaching in this modality. This panel session will provide strategies for teaching online from the perspective of Winthrop University faculty currently teaching online across a variety of disciplines. Panelists will share their experiences with respect to common pitfalls and lessons learned; skills needed to be a successful online facilitator; roles and responsibilities; cognitive, social, and teaching presence; engagement; accessible online content; and providing the Winthrop experience. Participants, both new and experienced with online instruction, will gain insight on a variety of approaches to teaching online, tool recommendations, and time-saving strategies. Participants will be able to ask panelists questions using an online chat tool during the live session

Abolishing The Police

“This is the first time we are seeing… a conversation about defunding, and some people having a conversation about abolishing the police and prison state. This must be what it felt like when people were talking about abolishing slavery.” – Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter. Abolishing the Police (An Illustrated Introduction) is both a contribution to this conversation and an invitation to join it. It provides rigorous and accessible analyses of why we might want to abolish the police, what abolishing them would involve, and how it might be achieved, introducing readers to the rich existing traditions of anti-police theory and practice. Its authors draw on their diverse on-the-ground experiences of political organising, protest, and resistance to policing in the UK, France, Germany, and the United States, as well as their original research in academic fields ranging from law to security studies, political theory to sociology to public health