Brian Pitman
Biographic Data
| ID | 152142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Pitman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitman |
| SIGNATURE | PITMAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pacific Lutheran University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7614-3890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
They’re Still Blaming It on the Person Being Lazy
Housing is increasingly a market exploited by corporations and what Samuel Stein calls the Real Estate State. Consequently, the state continues to target those impacted by these policy choices with removal and further stigmatization to clear the way for profit-making, which is tied to the housing market. The process of removal is accomplished through various forms of stigmatization and dehumanization, first at the public and institutional level. …
Deflecting a “crisis”
Drug overdoses are the number one preventable death in the United States. In 2022, over 109,000 people died as a result of a drug overdose. The rise in drug overdose deaths has corresponded with the US government’s neoliberal turn, which refuses to intervene in markets, expands the security state, and individualizes social issues. In this paper, we argue that this crisis is the result of state violence. More specifically, the state set the framew…
Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg, Carceral Con
Total Extraction
Social Media Users' Interpretations of the Sandra Bland Arrest Video
On July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland, a Black woman, was pulled over by Officer Brian Encinia for failure to signal a lane change in Prairie View, TX. An altercation ensued and Bland was arrested and jailed. Three days later, her body was found in her jail cell and the week following, the dash camera footage was released of her controversial stop and arrest. Utilizing a qualitative content analysis based on a triangulated sample of social media posts i…
Social Media Users' Interpretations of the Sandra Bland Arrest Video
On July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland, a Black woman, was pulled over by Officer Brian Encinia for failure to signal a lane change in Prairie View, TX. An altercation ensued and Bland was arrested and jailed. Three days later, her body was found in her jail cell and the week following, the dash camera footage was released of her controversial stop and arrest. Utilizing a qualitative content analysis based on a triangulated sample of social media posts i…
Total Extraction
Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg, Carceral Con
Deflecting a “crisis”
Drug overdoses are the number one preventable death in the United States. In 2022, over 109,000 people died as a result of a drug overdose. The rise in drug overdose deaths has corresponded with the US government’s neoliberal turn, which refuses to intervene in markets, expands the security state, and individualizes social issues. In this paper, we argue that this crisis is the result of state violence. More specifically, the state set the framew…
They’re Still Blaming It on the Person Being Lazy
Housing is increasingly a market exploited by corporations and what Samuel Stein calls the Real Estate State. Consequently, the state continues to target those impacted by these policy choices with removal and further stigmatization to clear the way for profit-making, which is tied to the housing market. The process of removal is accomplished through various forms of stigmatization and dehumanization, first at the public and institutional level. …
Sociology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Prison (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)