Benjamin Fleury-Steiner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1493364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Fleury-Steiner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Fleury-Steiner |
| SIGNATURE | FLEURY-STEINER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
State-Level Variation in Juvenile Decarceration: An Exploratory Analysis
In 1999, 107,493 juveniles were in residential placements; by 2023 this number declined to 29,314, a decrease of 73%. This extraordinary decline in juvenile incarceration—which we refer to as juvenile decarceration—has been reported primarily by justice advocacy groups without rigorous explanation or exploration. In this paper, we provide a state-level exploration in which we consider how relevant characteristics of states relate to their levels …
Deportation Platforms: The AWS-ICE Alliance and the Fallacy of Explicit Agendas
In this paper, I analyze elite discourse in the context of the increasing role played by large-scale corporate platforms in federal immigration enforcement in the US Specifically, I focus on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) alliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Incorporating Marx’s (2016) “fallacy of explicit agendas” as a heuristic for contextualizing recent employee challenges to company CEO Jeff Bezos, I show how the fallacy serve…
The Political Roots of Racial Tracking in American Criminal Justice
Death Penalty
The Pains of Mass Imprisonment
This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fleury-Steiner and Longazel emphasize the magnitude of mass imprisonment in the United States, especially of people of color, not by objective statistics and trends, but by the voices and lived experiences of individuals who live their harsh conditions on a daily basis. This is an ideal book for courses …
Exploiting Borders: The Political Economy of Local Backlash against Undocumented Immigrants
Once they cross the border . .. They come into cities such as Hazleton. It's like a cancer
Dying Inside: The HIV/Aids Ward at Limestone Prison
"The HIV+ men incarcerated in Limestone Prison's Dorm 16 were put there to be forgotten. Not only do Benjamin Fleury-Steiner and Carla Crowder bring these men to life, Fleury-Steiner and Crowder also insist on placing these men in the middle of critical conversations about health policy, mass incarceration, and race. Dense with firsthand accounts, Dying Inside is a nimble, far-ranging and unblinking look at the cruelty inherent in our current pen…
Narratives of the Death Sentence: Toward a Theory of Legal Narrativity
This article investigates how the consciousness of ordinary citizens enlisted as jurors in death penalty trials is racialized. The study draws on post-trial interviews with some 66 white and black jurors who served on 24 capital trials in which either a white or black defendant received the death sentence. Findings among white jurors reveal a hegemonic tale of racial inferiority. However, other characteristics such as social class or relevant bio…
Narratives of the Death Sentence: Toward a Theory of Legal Narrativity
This article investigates how the consciousness of ordinary citizens enlisted as jurors in death penalty trials is racialized. The study draws on post-trial interviews with some 66 white and black jurors who served on 24 capital trials in which either a white or black defendant received the death sentence. Findings among white jurors reveal a hegemonic tale of racial inferiority. However, other characteristics such as social class or relevant bio…
Deportation Platforms: The AWS-ICE Alliance and the Fallacy of Explicit Agendas
In this paper, I analyze elite discourse in the context of the increasing role played by large-scale corporate platforms in federal immigration enforcement in the US Specifically, I focus on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) alliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Incorporating Marx’s (2016) “fallacy of explicit agendas” as a heuristic for contextualizing recent employee challenges to company CEO Jeff Bezos, I show how the fallacy serve…
Narratives of the Death Sentence: Toward a Theory of Legal Narrativity
This article investigates how the consciousness of ordinary citizens enlisted as jurors in death penalty trials is racialized. The study draws on post-trial interviews with some 66 white and black jurors who served on 24 capital trials in which either a white or black defendant received the death sentence. Findings among white jurors reveal a hegemonic tale of racial inferiority. However, other characteristics such as social class or relevant bio…
Dying Inside: The HIV/Aids Ward at Limestone Prison
"The HIV+ men incarcerated in Limestone Prison's Dorm 16 were put there to be forgotten. Not only do Benjamin Fleury-Steiner and Carla Crowder bring these men to life, Fleury-Steiner and Crowder also insist on placing these men in the middle of critical conversations about health policy, mass incarceration, and race. Dense with firsthand accounts, Dying Inside is a nimble, far-ranging and unblinking look at the cruelty inherent in our current pen…
Exploiting Borders: The Political Economy of Local Backlash against Undocumented Immigrants
Once they cross the border . .. They come into cities such as Hazleton. It's like a cancer
The Pains of Mass Imprisonment
This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fleury-Steiner and Longazel emphasize the magnitude of mass imprisonment in the United States, especially of people of color, not by objective statistics and trends, but by the voices and lived experiences of individuals who live their harsh conditions on a daily basis. This is an ideal book for courses …
Death Penalty
The Political Roots of Racial Tracking in American Criminal Justice
Deportation Platforms: The AWS-ICE Alliance and the Fallacy of Explicit Agendas
In this paper, I analyze elite discourse in the context of the increasing role played by large-scale corporate platforms in federal immigration enforcement in the US Specifically, I focus on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) alliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Incorporating Marx’s (2016) “fallacy of explicit agendas” as a heuristic for contextualizing recent employee challenges to company CEO Jeff Bezos, I show how the fallacy serve…
State-Level Variation in Juvenile Decarceration: An Exploratory Analysis
In 1999, 107,493 juveniles were in residential placements; by 2023 this number declined to 29,314, a decrease of 73%. This extraordinary decline in juvenile incarceration—which we refer to as juvenile decarceration—has been reported primarily by justice advocacy groups without rigorous explanation or exploration. In this paper, we provide a state-level exploration in which we consider how relevant characteristics of states relate to their levels …
Sociology (6 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works)