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Education
Ph.D., Administration of Justice, Texas Southern University
M.A., Criminal Justice, New Jersey City University
B.A., Criminal Justice, New Jersey City University
Research Interests
Aside from doing research for the academic audience, Dr. Williams is also involved in many public research and information forums enabling him to contribute to public criminology and scholarship. For instance, he has worked alongside the NJ Institute for Social Justice, helping to mobilize the community and legislative support for the eventual passage of NJ's Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program bill. This resulted in the state providing over 8 million dollars in support of community-based alternatives for youth entangled in the juvenile justice system. He is also engaged in a similar project, but with a focus on Drug Policy. With support from Open Society Foundations, he's overseeing an initiative whose purpose is to engage public education programming around Harm Reduction and Drug Policy in Northern NJ. This project aids in demythologizing stereotypes and misinformation about people who use drugs, and provides critical critique and solutions around drug policy writ large.
As an activist scholar who believes deeply in merging theory with practice, Dr. Williams has been a longtime volunteer within the NJ Judiciary. He serves on the Diversity Inclusion and Community Engagement Committee for the Passaic County Vicinage. This is a committee created by Chief Justice Rabner to help bridge the gap between the course and the communities they serve. Each county within the state has a committee. Some of the deliverables from this committee consist of providing programming to community members about the courts and their services and providing training around DEI for court workers, among many other things. He is a longtime community volunteer for the Intensive Supervision Program, assisting Parole with assessing incarcerated people's suitability for early release under this specialized program. In addition, he serves on NJ's founding Gun Violence Reduction Initiative in Passaic County Vicinage. The role of this committee is to provide community-based resources and alternatives to probationers on a unique caseload, which typically involves people charged with a weapons offense.
The work done by this committee served as a blueprint for other counties that later created their own committees. Dr. Williams was also appointed to the Juvenile Justice Commission for Passaic County, where he serves as co-chair of the county's first Restorative Justice Hub in Paterson, designed to help youth reenter society after prison. These hubs also act as a buffer for at-risk youth, who may be on track toward entering the system. In this capacity, he uses his expertise to help inform the county of best practices when mitigating concerns around juvenile justice and ensuring equity in the administration of justice as it pertains to our youth, among other things. He was also appointed to the New Jersey Coordinating Council on Restorative Justice, whose role is to act as an advisory board to the state's implementation of Restorative Justice Hubs, a byproduct of the bill mentioned above that Dr. Williams was instrumental in creating.
He has also published commentary and opinion pieces at Uprooting Criminology, Truthout, NJ.com, NJ Monitor, and other outlets. He has also been quoted in notable news outlets such as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, North Jersey, NJ Spotlight News, The San Francisco Chronicle, Newsweek, and other outlets. Prior to joining Montclair State University, he was an assistant professor of criminal justice at Fairleigh Dickinson University. In addition, Dr. Williams has taught a variety of criminal justice and sociology courses at New Jersey City University, Texas Southern University, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
He is co-editor of Black Males and the Criminal Justice System, published by Routledge. He is also co-editor of the critically acclaimed books Abolish Criminology and Survivor Criminology. Both books provide a paradigmatic framework for how criminology can become more humanistic and centered on examining state violence and other structural impediments that indeed contribute to questions about crime and social control. His research agenda is grounded in qualitative methodology. For instance, Dr. Williams engaged in community-based qualitative research in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland, following the police-involved deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray. His work from these sites provided a keen analysis of the perspectives and lived experiences of the African American community regarding their police departments.
Moreover, he has also contributed to the literature on prisoner reentry, conducting studies with racial-ethnic minorities to understand their plight and the impact of incarceration on families. In most of his studies, he specifically looked at issues concerning race, gender, and class, among other things. He has published peer-reviewed chapters and articles on race, gender, policing, critical criminology, social justice, racialized social control, and policy. He is frequently contacted by local and national press outlets for his comments on his many areas of expertise.
Moreover, Dr. Williams is actively involved in the American Society of Criminology (ASC). For example, he previously served as the secretary/treasurer for the Division on People of Color and Crime within the ASC. He has also served on various committees within the ASC and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He has served as a journal and book proposal reviewer for a dozen journals and publishers and has served as a guest speaker in a number of venues like Old Dominion University, Augustana College, Virginia State University, York University, Yale University, and others. He also has experience in conducting new program reviews and evaluations.
Selected Publications, Presentations & Op-Eds
Williams, J.M., & Kniffley, S. (Eds.) (2019). Black Males and the Criminal Justice System. London: Routledge.
Williams, J.M. (2019). Special Issue: “Race as a Carceral Terrain: Black Lives Matter Meets Reentry.” The Prison Journal 99(4), 387-395.
Williams, J.M., Wilson, S., Bergeson, C. (2019). “It’s Hard Out Here if You’re a Black Felon”: A Critical Examination of Black Male Reentry. The Prison Journal 99(4), 437-458.
Battle, N., & Williams, J.M. (2019). An Intersectional Criminology Analysis of Black Women’s Collective Resistance. In Middlemass K.M. & Smiley C. (Eds.). Prison Reentry in the 21st Century: Critical Perspectives on Returning Home, 1st Ed (Ebook, Chap 13). NY: Routledge.
Williams, J.M. (2019). Black Males and their Experiences with Policing Under the “Iconic Ghetto” in Ferguson, Missouri. In Williams, J.M., & Kniffley, S. (Eds.). Black Males and the Criminal Justice System (11-20). NY: Routledge.
Williams, J.M., & Battle, N. (2017) African Americans and Punishment for Crime: A Critique of Mainstream and Neoliberal Discourses. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 56(8), 552-566.
Williams, J.M (2017). Race and Justice Outcomes: Examining the Contemporary Purpose of the American Criminal Justice System. Ralph Bunche Journal of Public Affairs 6(1), article 5.
Williams, J.M., & Wilson, S. (2020). Contextualizing the Impact Incarceration and Reentry have on Black men’s Health: A Critical Examination. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Williams, J.M., Garcia, E., & Alaniz, H. (2020). On the Racial and Gendered, Criminalizing Effects of Truancy on Mothers of Color. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Wilson, S. & Williams, J.M. (2020). Surviving while Black in the Criminal Justice Classroom. Presented at the Eastern Sociological Sociology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Williams, J. (2019). Roundtable: A Conversation with Scholars on Underrepresented Research \sTopics and Methods. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, San \sFrancisco, CA.
Williams, J.M. (2019). Roundtable: Achieving Social Justice Through Community Activism. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Wilson, S.K., Williams, J (2019). “I don’t have much trust in police”: A Qualitative Assessment of Black Males and their Experiences and Perceptions Under Police Surveillance in Baltimore. Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference, Boston, MA.
Williams, J. (2018). Roundtable: It’s not Race, its Racism: Shifting the Narrative about Race and Crime. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Williams, J. (2018). Intersectionality, #MeToo, and Framing our Future. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Williams, J., Johnson-Register, L., & Johnson-Register, Mi. (2018). Creating and Undoing Legacies of Resilience: Black Women as Martyrs in the Black Community Under Oppressive Social Control. Presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Williams, J. (2015, Aug) Doing Ferguson and Baltimore at the Intersection of Racial Oppression and Hopelessness. Uprooting Criminology: http://uprootingcriminology.org/tag/baltimore-uprising/ Reprinted on Hampton Institution: http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/field-work-in-ferguson-and-baltimore.html#.VfELGUaGPT8 Reprinted on Truthout http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/32824-doing-ferguson-and-baltimore-at-the-intersection-of-racial-oppression-and-hopelessness
Williams, J. (2015, May) On the Unasked Question of Morality in Police Shootings of Black Bodies. http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/morality-and-police-shootings.html#.VZi4OmOuR40
Williams, J. (2014, Dec 22). “The Hunger Games”-ification of US Police and the Community. Truthout. http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/28151-the-hunger-game-ification-of-american-police-and-the-community
Williams, J. (2014, Oct 24). Policing the Blacks: Ferguson and Past Histories. Hampton Institution. http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/policing-the-blacks.html#.VFP322OwVGQ Reprinted on Truth Out: https://truthout.org/articles/doing-ferguson-and-baltimore-at-the-intersection-of-racial-oppression-and-hopelessness/
专业化
他的专业领域是种族、民族、性别和司法；犯罪学/刑事司法理论；关键的犯罪学;关键政策;社会控制;刑事司法政策；定性方法;以及知识社会学。
简历/简历
办公时间
秋天
- 周二
- 上午十时至下午十二时
- 星期五
- 上午11时至下午12时
研究项目
当代刑事司法系统中的伦理问题（第一版）
《当代刑事司法伦理问题》脱离了刑事司法伦理的传统理论框架和社会历史基础，重点关注刑事司法系统中经常发生的实际问题和争议。设计简洁而全面，这本书帮助学生理解和解释伦理背景下的实际现实。学生将学习诸如系统内的种族差异和以社区为导向的司法等热点问题。他们将探讨警务和培训、大规模监禁以及毒品战争方面的做法。他们将通过关于性别和家庭问题以及心理健康的章节熟悉刑事司法和社会学问题的交叉点。所有章节都以概述开始，将主题分解，使读者完全可以访问。章节结尾的结论和讨论问题旨在支持记忆和鼓励批判性思维。具有高兴趣，现实世界的例子，当代道德问题在刑事司法系统提供了急需的信息和见解，为学生感兴趣的职业生涯作为刑事司法专业人员。这本书非常适合刑事司法问题和伦理方面的课程。
非裔美国人与犯罪惩罚：对主流和新自由主义话语的批判
犯罪学领域对惩罚的理解未能捕捉到与体验惩罚相关的细微差别。此外，主流学术话语在关于惩罚的结论上存在固有的时代错误，从而留下了巨大的空白。其中一个差距就是种族化的历史。本文试图通过将惩罚话语置于适当的语境中来理解惩罚话语（过去和现在）。我们认为，惩罚，尤其是对黑人的惩罚，是意识形态的，是长期存在的。此外，我们认为，通过新自由主义逻辑，对黑人的长期惩罚在当代社会中被高度具体化，这种逻辑日益使种族成为惩罚话语（在政治和学术背景下）的中心焦点。我们使用已建立的文献来支持论点，并对未来的研究提出建议。
种族与正义的结果：种族歧视和弗格森的背景
尽管大量文献可能暗示了刑事司法系统与黑人之间的混乱关系，但这些文献未能全面评估当前刑事司法程序与种族之间的交叉目的。本文将根据种族界限来研究当代司法的应用。目前的司法结果对现状是有利的。众所周知，美国司法体系存在种族问题；然而，如果目标是执行正义，那么，正如本文所主张的那样，当前的制度需要认真审查和重建。该论文还认为，刑事司法系统是故意选择性的，不民主的，并在白人至上主义的要求下助长了犯罪铸造。本文简要分析了司法部关于弗格森案的报告，阐明了这些论点。考虑了对未来研究的影响。
种族与司法的批判性分析
选集《种族与司法的批判性分析》对司法中的关键问题提供了历史和当代的观点，并将这些问题置于各种理论和社会学背景中。这本书关注的是刑事司法系统的每个阶段——警察、法院和惩教——并考察了司法是如何以不同的方式对总人口中的某些群体进行管理的。《种族与司法的批判性分析》以1941年写的一篇文章开篇，探讨了警察权力滥用和法庭系统中对非裔美国人的差别待遇如何影响社会对犯罪的反应。随着选读内容在未来七十年甚至更长的时间里不断深入，学生们将了解到当代种族和司法主题，如公众舆论、量刑和青少年监禁。《种族与司法的批判性分析》旨在鼓励批判性思维和激发对话，非常适合刑事司法入门课程，以及那些涉及种族、性别和犯罪问题的课程。
黑人男性与刑事司法系统
依靠多学科的调查框架和批判性的观点，这个编辑的卷解决了在刑事司法系统接触的各个阶段内的黑人男性的独特经验。它全面概述了司法管理，黑人男性面临的精神和身体健康问题，以及在系统参与后重新融入社会。最近发生的事件——包括但不限于密苏里州弗格森市警察射杀手无寸铁的黑人男子；巴尔的摩;明尼阿波里斯市;和芝加哥——都突出了年轻黑人男性遭遇刑事司法系统的不成比例的可能性。黑人男性和刑事司法系统提供了一个理论和实证审查需要一个交叉理解黑人男性的经验和结果在刑事司法系统。交叉方法假定社会经历的结果是由个人相互关联的身份被他人感知和回应的方式决定的，这是认识黑人男性所经历的各种形式的压迫以及这些经历对他们及其家庭的影响的关键。这本书是为学生和学者在犯罪学，刑事司法，社会学，种族/民族研究，法律研究，心理学，和非裔美国人的研究，并将作为一个参考研究人员谁希望利用一个进步的理论方法来研究社会控制，警务，和刑事司法系统。
“如果你是一个黑人重罪犯，在这里很难”：对黑人男性重返社会的批判性审视
曾经入狱的黑人男性出狱后重返社会，面临着诸多障碍。长期以来的研究表明，监禁是健康和福祉不佳的决定因素。虽然研究表明，法律创造的障碍（例如，就业、住房和社会服务）往往是监禁后的挑战，但对黑人男性重新进入社会的日常经历知之甚少。本研究利用批判性人种学和对东北社区曾被监禁的黑人男性的半结构化访谈，探讨了黑人男性在监禁后所面临的挑战。
种族作为一个战场地形：黑人的命也重要遇上重返战场
在美国，种族化的人被不成比例地选为惩罚对象。当在惩罚制度中控制受害者身份的多样性时，交叉检查惩罚话语揭示了深刻的，不平等的区别。例如，有色人种的跨性别女性在面临惩罚时，可能会面临最严酷的现实。然而，在许多学术文献中缺失的是一个位于种族化认知框架中的批判性视角。如果种族化的个体更有可能受到惩罚制度的影响，那么，当然，他们是了解这些现实的最重要的专家。“黑人的命也重要”这个标签是在乔治·齐默尔曼（George Zimmerman）枪杀特雷沃恩·马丁（Trayvon Martin）案被判无罪之后出现的，它帮助培养了这个组织，使其发展成为一个捍卫黑人尊严和人性的多种族国际运动。虽然“黑人的命也重要”最初是受到警察暴力的启发，但它的影响范围已经扩大到警察渎职和暴行之外的原因。《监狱杂志》的这期特刊试图将“黑人的命也重要”的相关原则（如其网站所述）与监禁后重返社区的关键问题以及由此产生的种族化和性别化障碍结合起来。所包含的经验片段是定性的，以反映受影响者的认识论，因为我们相信叙事更有力地捕捉到这些难以触及的（或与规范相比偏离的）观点。这期特刊包括一些文章，批判地突出了曾经被监禁的公民（包括一些为人父母的公民）和重返社会服务提供者的声音。重要的是，它为重新构想一个没有当前惩罚制度的更民主和种族公平的社会提供了新的方向建议。
监禁和重返社会对归国公民的健康影响：对东北城市黑人男性经历的定性研究
虽然大量的研究记录了黑人男性在刑事法律体系中游走并重新进入社会的生活经历，但很少有研究基于这些过程与他们的健康有何直接联系。尽管一些研究认为，大规模监禁是健康状况不佳的一个决定因素，但缺乏从黑人男子的角度进行定性分析。黑人在进入刑事法律体系时面临着不同的道路，在他们重新进入后，同样的道路等待着他们。这项研究的目的是检查与黑人男性监禁和重返社会有关的健康影响。在采用现象学方法和访谈的同时，我们的发现显示了我们样本中男性的种族和性别特定结果。例如，健康和健康似乎是一个重要的主题，支配着他们（在）进入社会的能力。此外，他们与刑事法律制度的接触似乎加剧了健康问题和对重返社会的阻碍。其他主题包括心理健康和男子气概的作用。最后，我们提出了对政策和未来研究的启示。
韧性遗产的创造与毁灭：社会压迫下黑人社区中的黑人妇女殉道者
本文以马里兰州巴尔的摩市警察监督下黑人母亲和生殖正义的斗争和贡献为背景。我们对母亲们进行了半结构化的采访，询问她们在弗雷迪·格雷（Freddie Gray）与警察有关的死亡之后对社区警察的经历和看法。虽然文学作品不成比例地关注黑人男性，但人们对黑人母亲在警察暴行和反对制度性暴力的斗争中所作的斗争和贡献知之甚少。在针对黑人儿童的制度性暴力事件中，黑人母亲的作用和影响仍然是一个问题。我们通过强调黑人母亲视角下的叙述和生活知识来填补这一空白。主要主题表明，黑人女性受到警察和系统特工的恐吓，她们面临生殖正义问题，因为她们作为母亲被定罪，并在精神上受到影响，但她们采用了各种抵抗策略，增强了她们的韧性。结果表明，黑人妇女是她们社区的支柱和殉道者，但这付出了巨大的代价，因为她们在很大程度上仍然没有得到保护，并受到不可估量的制度暴力和对其母性策略的判断。