Dorothy Roberts

Justice Innovations Summit

Dorothy Roberts is an endowed professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society. A specialist on the interplay of gender, race, and class in legal issues concerning reproduction, bioethics, and child welfare, she is the author of more than 100 articles and five books, including her latest, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families–and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World. Roberts is an elected member of the American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine.

Public Event

Dismantling the Carceral Web: The Urgency of Justice Innovations

Friday, February 16 2024, 6:30 PM

Campus Center Ballroom
UH Mānoa Campus

Event Sponsors: Hawaiʻi Friends of Restorative Justice, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, Life Comes From It, International Institute for Restorative Practices, Justice Innovations Summit, Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Prison Engagement Initiative at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Scholars Strategy Network, UH Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, William S. Richardson School of Law, Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice

Watch the full program:

The Punitive History of Child Welfare Services

Studio Interview

 

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