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Angela Hattery studies sociology and anthropology at Carleton College (BA 1988) before earning her master's and PHD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1996). She has held positions at Ball State University (1996-1998), Wake Forest University (1998-2011) and is currently professor and director of the women and gender studies program at George Mason University. She is the author of 11 books, most recently Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives are Surveilled and How to Work for Change. When not teaching and writing, she enjoys volunteering in her community, she works out daily, and she enjoys reading. She has 2 children, Travis who lives in San Francisco and Emma who lives in Denver. She is originally from Rochester, Minne ...more

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Angela J. Hattery Earl Smith and I are currently working on 2 projects: revisions to a 3rd edition of The Social Dynamics of Family Violence, and a new project: Gender,…moreEarl Smith and I are currently working on 2 projects: revisions to a 3rd edition of The Social Dynamics of Family Violence, and a new project: Gender, Power and Violence that explores the structures of 5 social institutions: the military, prisons, fraternities, sports and the Catholic Church, that allow for high rates of violence against women and children. We hope both will be released sometime in 2019!(less)
Angela J. Hattery Watching what seemed to be the nearly continuous feed on the news and FB and twitter of Black men (and some women) being murdered by the police Earl S…moreWatching what seemed to be the nearly continuous feed on the news and FB and twitter of Black men (and some women) being murdered by the police Earl Smith and I began to talk about this book. What was missing in the journalistic accounts of the murders, the ensuing riots in Ferguson and Baltimore, was a clear discussion of race. We felt we could write a book that helped the reader see clearly the way that racist policies and practices are orchestrated in a variety of ways to police Black bodies.(less)
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The need for real prison reform


by Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery


updated;  9/7/2026


 


During his tenure in the White House, President Obama has focused some much needed attention to the prison system in the United States, a system that incarcerates more people on non-violent drug offenses than the entire incarcerated population of the European Union, despite having a population that is more than 2 million people larger.


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