Manifestations of Poverty (lecture): The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
The Honors College at EMU held a series of lectures this past year under the theme of 'Manifestations of Poverty.' I had the privilege of presenting the first lecture, highlighting the justice - and criminal justice - issues surrounding poverty and inequality. Part one of this lecture looks at various measures of inequality in income and wealth, including how corporate 'persons' factor in. Part two looks at how inequality impacts criminology and criminal justice. The lecture makes extensive use of Occupy Wall St posters (via occuprint.org).
The presentation is embedded below, followed by links for the .pdf, .pptx and the video via iTunes university. This builds on a few earlier lectures that are linked to under the 'related' heading.
Manifestations of Poverty: The Rich get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Download .pdf of presentation (2MB)
Download .pptx of presentation (8MB - 35 slides)
The talk is available on iTunes: Part 1 (my introduction starts at 6 minutes in) and Part 2 (links will open up in iTunes).
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