The Discipline and Punish Podcast
Interviews with academics and experts who work on issues related to the U.S. criminal justice system. Host Thomas Baker is a PhD student in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is a former police officer who studies police culture and police use of force. Thomas is a U.S. Army veteran and a 2018 Pat Tillman Scholar award winner.
Podcasting since 2020 • 28 episodes
The Discipline and Punish Podcast
Latest Episodes
#28 FATAL ENCOUNTERS – Documenting Police Related Deaths in the U.S. – Brian Burghart
On this episode, Brian Burghart and I discuss his work to document every police related deaths in the U.S. since the year 2000. We talk about the lack of a comprehensive government run national database, why he came to create Fatal Encounters, ...
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Episode 28
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#27 POLICE VIOLENCE AND BLACK CHILDREN – The psychological costs and implications – Ashley N. Jackson
www.thomasowenbaker.com for podcasts, LIVE streams, writing, and more.In this episode, Ashley N. Jackson from Washington University-St. Louis and I discuss the psychological impacts of police violence on adolescent Black boys. We talk a...
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Episode 27
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#26 DEFUND THE POLICE – What Does The End of Policing Look Like? – Alex Vitale
www.thomasowenbaker.comIn this episode, Professor Alex Vitale from Brooklyn College and I discuss his book The End of Policing. We talk about the current crisis and how the use of policing as a form of social control can be re...
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Episode 26
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#25 THE FUZZY LINE BETWEEN WAR AND POLICING – Where does one end and the other begin – Green Beret Logan Leslie
On this episode, Green Beret, Tillman Scholar, and Harvard Law graduate Logan Leslie and I discuss the fuzzy line between domestic law enforcement and the military. We talk about the veteran experience and how the Global War on Terrorism influe...
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Episode 25
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#24 BODY OF THE CONQUISTADOR – Early European Social Control in the Americas – Professor Rebecca Earle
Please visit thomasowenbaker.com for more podcasts, videos, streams, and writing.On this episode, Professor Rebecca Earle and I discuss early forms of social control in the Americas. Professor Earle studies the history of food and focuse...
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Episode 24
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