TY - JOUR
T1 - Child arrest, settler colonialism, and the israeli juvenile system
T2 - A case study of occupied East Jerusalem
AU - Kovner, Bella
AU - Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Based on three interrelated theoretical frameworks-institutional racism, settler colonialism and security reasoning-the study examines child arrests in Occupied East Jerusalem (OEJ), addressing how the Israeli justice and law enforcement systems treat Palestinian children. Through analyses of Knesset protocols, court watch participatory observations, review of court proceedings and verdicts, interviews with children, families and professionals in juvenile justice, and a round table discussion, we found that criminalization and punishment are embedded in a systematic, racialized violence that characterizes the Israeli criminal justice system when dealing with Palestinian children in OEJ. The Israeli justice and law enforcement systems categorize Palestinian children as security threats, born terrorists and ideological criminals, lacking all rights.
AB - Based on three interrelated theoretical frameworks-institutional racism, settler colonialism and security reasoning-the study examines child arrests in Occupied East Jerusalem (OEJ), addressing how the Israeli justice and law enforcement systems treat Palestinian children. Through analyses of Knesset protocols, court watch participatory observations, review of court proceedings and verdicts, interviews with children, families and professionals in juvenile justice, and a round table discussion, we found that criminalization and punishment are embedded in a systematic, racialized violence that characterizes the Israeli criminal justice system when dealing with Palestinian children in OEJ. The Israeli justice and law enforcement systems categorize Palestinian children as security threats, born terrorists and ideological criminals, lacking all rights.
KW - Child arrest
KW - Child rights
KW - Occupied East Jerusalem
KW - Police
KW - Security
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050699340&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/bjc/azx059
DO - 10.1093/bjc/azx059
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AN - SCOPUS:85050699340
SN - 0007-0955
VL - 58
SP - 709
EP - 729
JO - British Journal of Criminology
JF - British Journal of Criminology
IS - 3
ER -