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Carla Shedd

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Carla Shedd is Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Columbia University. Professor Shedd received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University. Her research and teaching interests focus on: crime and criminal justice; race and ethnicity; law; inequality; and urban sociology. Shedd’s first book, Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice (October 2015, Russell Sage), focuses on Chicago public school students, and is a timely examination of race, place, education, and the expansion of the American carceral state. Shedd’s current research focuses on New York City’s juvenile justice system investigating how young people’s linked institutional experiences influence their placement on and movement along the carceral continuum.
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    • Unequal City

    • Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice
    • Written by: Carla Shedd
    • Narrated by: Pamela L. Kelly
    • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 2019-08-01
    • Language: English
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