Mark Jay
Biographic Data
| ID | 3889015 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Jay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Jay |
| SIGNATURE | JAY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A People's History of Detroit
Cages and Crises
Since the mid-1960s, the carceral population in the US has increased around 900%. This article analyses that increase from a Marxist framework. After interrogating the theories of Michelle Alexander and Loïc Wacquant, I lay out a theoretical framework for a Marxist theory of mass incarceration. I then offer a historical analysis of mass incarceration in keeping with this theoretical framework, emphasising the carceral system’s relationship to the…
From Mass Incarceration to Mass Coercion
From the mid-1960s to the late 2000s, the number of people locked in U.S. prisons and jails, and forced onto parole or probation, increased from less than eight hundred thousand to more than seven million. From the beginning, this explosive growth, known commonly as mass incarceration, has been about containing, stigmatizing, and exploiting the poorest sectors of the working class. While an important prison reform movement has been underway for m…
Policing the Poor in Detroit
On the afternoon of November 15, 2013, 150 police officers raided the Colony Arms, a low-income housing complex on Detroit's East Side. One resident described the scene: "I saw...cop cars with the sirens...some kind of tank blocking the back alley, at least two helicopters doing I don't know what.... The officers had real, real long rifles. It was like the army or something...like an invasion...." In all, thirty arrests were made, twenty-one rela…
Detroit and the political origins of 'broken windows' policing
The authors argue that 'broken windows' policing strategies, promoted officially as a means of reducing crime, though criticised by liberals for the potentially discriminatory impact on non-whites, should rather be viewed as an integral component of the state's attempts to coercively manage the contradictions of capitalism. Taking issue with Wacquant, they stress the need to situate policing strategies in terms of the resistances waged by raciali…
Cages and Crises
Since the mid-1960s, the carceral population in the US has increased around 900%. This article analyses that increase from a Marxist framework. After interrogating the theories of Michelle Alexander and Loïc Wacquant, I lay out a theoretical framework for a Marxist theory of mass incarceration. I then offer a historical analysis of mass incarceration in keeping with this theoretical framework, emphasising the carceral system’s relationship to the…
Detroit and the political origins of 'broken windows' policing
The authors argue that 'broken windows' policing strategies, promoted officially as a means of reducing crime, though criticised by liberals for the potentially discriminatory impact on non-whites, should rather be viewed as an integral component of the state's attempts to coercively manage the contradictions of capitalism. Taking issue with Wacquant, they stress the need to situate policing strategies in terms of the resistances waged by raciali…
Policing the Poor in Detroit
On the afternoon of November 15, 2013, 150 police officers raided the Colony Arms, a low-income housing complex on Detroit's East Side. One resident described the scene: "I saw...cop cars with the sirens...some kind of tank blocking the back alley, at least two helicopters doing I don't know what.... The officers had real, real long rifles. It was like the army or something...like an invasion...." In all, thirty arrests were made, twenty-one rela…
Detroit and the political origins of 'broken windows' policing
The authors argue that 'broken windows' policing strategies, promoted officially as a means of reducing crime, though criticised by liberals for the potentially discriminatory impact on non-whites, should rather be viewed as an integral component of the state's attempts to coercively manage the contradictions of capitalism. Taking issue with Wacquant, they stress the need to situate policing strategies in terms of the resistances waged by raciali…
Cages and Crises
Since the mid-1960s, the carceral population in the US has increased around 900%. This article analyses that increase from a Marxist framework. After interrogating the theories of Michelle Alexander and Loïc Wacquant, I lay out a theoretical framework for a Marxist theory of mass incarceration. I then offer a historical analysis of mass incarceration in keeping with this theoretical framework, emphasising the carceral system’s relationship to the…
From Mass Incarceration to Mass Coercion
From the mid-1960s to the late 2000s, the number of people locked in U.S. prisons and jails, and forced onto parole or probation, increased from less than eight hundred thousand to more than seven million. From the beginning, this explosive growth, known commonly as mass incarceration, has been about containing, stigmatizing, and exploiting the poorest sectors of the working class. While an important prison reform movement has been underway for m…
A People's History of Detroit
Political science (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · History (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mass incarceration (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)