Vesla M. Weaver, Assistant Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Yale University, is coauthor of Arresting Citizenship.
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Vesla M. Weaver, Assistant Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Yale University, is coauthor of Arresting Citizenship.
Reform efforts can't succeed unless we understand the complex political forces that gave rise to the vast and unprecedented expansion in punishment and surveillance.
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