Professor Rhonda Gray
rgray@rcc.mass.edu
Office 3-332
Roxbury Community College
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The resources below examine incarceration in America, with a specific focus on the mass incarceration of Black men and the resulting effects on individuals, families, and communities. If you want to search for additional resources, the following search terms might help you get started.
These books are available to RCC students through Ebook Central and EBSCOhost.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by 
Eloquent Rage by 
The Black Agenda by 
#SayHerName : Black women's stories of police violence and public silence by Harris, Angela P. "Heteropatriarchy kills: challenging gender violence in a prison nation." Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, vol. 37, 2011, p. 13+. Gale Academic OneFile, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A282511822/AONE?u=mlin_b_roxbury&sid=AONE&xid=36cedd95. Accessed 26 Oct. 2020.
Kupers, Terry A. “Gender and Domination in Prison.” Western New England Law Review, vol. 39, no. 3, Sept. 2017, p. 427. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=125259072&site=eds-live.
Ricciardelli, R. “Establishing and Asserting Masculinity in Canadian Penitentiaries.” Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, Apr. 2015, pp. 170–191. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/09589236.2013.812513.
Ricciardelli, Rosemary, et al. “Strategic Masculinities: Vulnerabilities, Risk and the Production of Prison Masculinities.” Theoretical Criminology, vol. 19, no. 4, Nov. 2015, pp. 491–513. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/1362480614565849.
Williams, Jason M., et al. “‘It’s Hard Out Here If You’re a Black Felon’: A Critical Examination of Black Male Reentry.” Prison Journal, vol. 99, no. 4, Sept. 2019, pp. 437–458. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/0032885519852088.
Kimberlé Crenshaw
