Sherri Simmons-Horton
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4176524 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sherri Simmons-Horton |
| PRENOMES | Sherri |
| SOBRENOME | Simmons-Horton |
| ASSINATURA | SIMMONS-HORTON S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Prairie View A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9022-1365 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Critical Race Theory in Action
This book presents an expansive collection of case studies focused on Critical Race Theory (CRT), offering insights into understanding racial oppression and its societal impacts. Featuring contributions from expert practitioner–scholars, chapters introduce core tenets of CRT and explore how CRT can be applied across a range of different contexts, providing practical examples of how CRT can be implemented into the curriculum. By dividing its case …
Perceptions of Professionals of Anti-Black Racism of Crossover Youth in Congregate Care
This article explores the perceptions of family policing (child welfare) and juvenile legal (juvenile justice) systems professionals on Black crossover youth in out-of-home placements and explores how interventions in these systems intersect and align with carceral practices. Through the lens of anti-carceral theory, the article pulls together the interplay of anti-Black racism, carceral logic, and carceral expansion in how professionals view sys…
Gender and orientation diversity in the family courts
Family court systems sort, explore, and resolve many youth, couple, family, and community concerns and issues. Recognizing the vast diversity of all people, and thus the vast diversity of the concept of family, this article defines and discusses many of the ideas central to diversity, identity, and family. This resource can assist family court professionals in interpreting and applying LGBTQ+ family court research, helping to create a more robust…
Healthy masculinity construction
Due to structural racism, young men living in urban cities—particularly Black and other youth of colour—are at risk for developing hegemonic, toxic masculine identities. However, through a positive youth development approach, sport can be used to promote healthy masculinity. This study explored the importance and meaning of masculinity, as well as influences of masculinity construction among 14 urban male youth who participated in a faith‐based s…
Black girl magic
Ethnic Identity of Black Muslims and Resilience from Criminal Risk Factors
The overrepresentation of Black males in the criminal justice system is well-established in the literature, linking individual factors to criminal engagement of Black men. Compared to literature seeking to understand why Black males offend, there remain gaps in the literature exploring resilience in Black males from criminality. Religion is a major influence in Black communities, providing moral and ethnic socialization, and serving as a protecti…
Awakening the Antiracism Collective Through Transformative Organizational Praxis
Dismantling structures that impede social work professional and organizational growth begins with social work educational institutions. In 2020, the convergence of three pandemics - COVID-19, economic injustice, and, notably, structural racism, catalyzed a group of social work staff and faculty at a public Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in the Southern U.S. The group relied on community organizing and organizational change strategies to form …
“A Bad Combination”
Understanding the 2017 “Me Too” Movement’s Timing
While persons may differ on the identified start of what evolved into the “Me Too” movement of 2017, the media focus makes the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas saga of October 1991 a starting point for a slow cruise to a season of reckoning. This article explores the circumstances that led to a cataclysm where women have been believed and the alleged perpetrators have experienced consequences. These elements are a grassroots movement against sexual…
Predicting Staff Assault in Juvenile Correctional Facilities
This study examines the predictive utility of the community-based Positive Achievement Change Tool–Prescreen (PACT-PS) for staff assault in a sample of 787 state-committed male youth. Bivariate and multivariate analyses indicated the PACT-PS failed to predict staff assault across racial/ethnic groups. Notably, this study also found youth with serious delinquent histories and prior commitments improved the PACT-PS’s ability to predict staff assaul…
Providing age-appropriate activities for youth in foster care
Providing age-appropriate activities for youth in foster care
Understanding the 2017 “Me Too” Movement’s Timing
While persons may differ on the identified start of what evolved into the “Me Too” movement of 2017, the media focus makes the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas saga of October 1991 a starting point for a slow cruise to a season of reckoning. This article explores the circumstances that led to a cataclysm where women have been believed and the alleged perpetrators have experienced consequences. These elements are a grassroots movement against sexual…
Predicting Staff Assault in Juvenile Correctional Facilities
This study examines the predictive utility of the community-based Positive Achievement Change Tool–Prescreen (PACT-PS) for staff assault in a sample of 787 state-committed male youth. Bivariate and multivariate analyses indicated the PACT-PS failed to predict staff assault across racial/ethnic groups. Notably, this study also found youth with serious delinquent histories and prior commitments improved the PACT-PS’s ability to predict staff assaul…
Black girl magic
Ethnic Identity of Black Muslims and Resilience from Criminal Risk Factors
The overrepresentation of Black males in the criminal justice system is well-established in the literature, linking individual factors to criminal engagement of Black men. Compared to literature seeking to understand why Black males offend, there remain gaps in the literature exploring resilience in Black males from criminality. Religion is a major influence in Black communities, providing moral and ethnic socialization, and serving as a protecti…
Predicting Staff Assault in Juvenile Correctional Facilities
This study examines the predictive utility of the community-based Positive Achievement Change Tool–Prescreen (PACT-PS) for staff assault in a sample of 787 state-committed male youth. Bivariate and multivariate analyses indicated the PACT-PS failed to predict staff assault across racial/ethnic groups. Notably, this study also found youth with serious delinquent histories and prior commitments improved the PACT-PS’s ability to predict staff assaul…
Providing age-appropriate activities for youth in foster care
Understanding the 2017 “Me Too” Movement’s Timing
While persons may differ on the identified start of what evolved into the “Me Too” movement of 2017, the media focus makes the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas saga of October 1991 a starting point for a slow cruise to a season of reckoning. This article explores the circumstances that led to a cataclysm where women have been believed and the alleged perpetrators have experienced consequences. These elements are a grassroots movement against sexual…
“A Bad Combination”
Ethnic Identity of Black Muslims and Resilience from Criminal Risk Factors
The overrepresentation of Black males in the criminal justice system is well-established in the literature, linking individual factors to criminal engagement of Black men. Compared to literature seeking to understand why Black males offend, there remain gaps in the literature exploring resilience in Black males from criminality. Religion is a major influence in Black communities, providing moral and ethnic socialization, and serving as a protecti…
Awakening the Antiracism Collective Through Transformative Organizational Praxis
Dismantling structures that impede social work professional and organizational growth begins with social work educational institutions. In 2020, the convergence of three pandemics - COVID-19, economic injustice, and, notably, structural racism, catalyzed a group of social work staff and faculty at a public Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in the Southern U.S. The group relied on community organizing and organizational change strategies to form …
Healthy masculinity construction
Due to structural racism, young men living in urban cities—particularly Black and other youth of colour—are at risk for developing hegemonic, toxic masculine identities. However, through a positive youth development approach, sport can be used to promote healthy masculinity. This study explored the importance and meaning of masculinity, as well as influences of masculinity construction among 14 urban male youth who participated in a faith‐based s…
Black girl magic
Gender and orientation diversity in the family courts
Family court systems sort, explore, and resolve many youth, couple, family, and community concerns and issues. Recognizing the vast diversity of all people, and thus the vast diversity of the concept of family, this article defines and discusses many of the ideas central to diversity, identity, and family. This resource can assist family court professionals in interpreting and applying LGBTQ+ family court research, helping to create a more robust…
Critical Race Theory in Action
This book presents an expansive collection of case studies focused on Critical Race Theory (CRT), offering insights into understanding racial oppression and its societal impacts. Featuring contributions from expert practitioner–scholars, chapters introduce core tenets of CRT and explore how CRT can be applied across a range of different contexts, providing practical examples of how CRT can be implemented into the curriculum. By dividing its case …
Perceptions of Professionals of Anti-Black Racism of Crossover Youth in Congregate Care
This article explores the perceptions of family policing (child welfare) and juvenile legal (juvenile justice) systems professionals on Black crossover youth in out-of-home placements and explores how interventions in these systems intersect and align with carceral practices. Through the lens of anti-carceral theory, the article pulls together the interplay of anti-Black racism, carceral logic, and carceral expansion in how professionals view sys…
Psychology (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Criminology (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Child Welfare and Adoption (3 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · Medicine (3 obras)