Stacey Bevan

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Stacey Bevan is a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is a Hillman Scholar of Nursing Innovation and Institute of Education Sciences Fellow. Her research is informed by supporting children and their families as a nurse in Philadelphia. Stacey’s scholarship focuses on pediatric mental health, immigration and interventions that promote health equity.

History

Maternal-Child Separation in the Carceral State

By Stacey Bevan, and Laurin Bixby • December 1, 2022

In 1966, the American “war on crime” began with Lyndon B. Johnson’s Special Message to the Congress on Crime and Law Enforcement. In this speech, he emphasized community wellbeing as justification for a massive federal investment in the criminal legal system. In the final words of this address, he stated that “the ways we deal… Read more →