Posters and Spotlights
Trajectories of control: Exposure to punitive social control over time and its associated consequences
Start Date
30-4-2025 11:30 AM
Document Type
Event
Description
Poster Presenter: Abigail Novak
The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of punitive social control in childhood and adolescence, as well as risk factors and outcomes associated with these different patterns of control. Black children, male children, children with more ACEs, and children from lower income households were more likely to experience persistent or increasing exposure to punitive social control throughout childhood and adolescence. Findings indicated punishment may compound as a child ages, growing from exposure to punitive control to more progressively severe experiences of control, ultimately leading to direct experiences with probation and/or incarceration. These findings also reflect broader notions of systemic violence and persistent social control, suggesting governmental systems broadly regulate and punish some individuals persistently and over time, using various methods of punitive surveillance to exert control.
Relational Format
poster
Recommended Citation
Novak, Abigail, "Trajectories of control: Exposure to punitive social control over time and its associated consequences" (2025). Showcase of Research and Scholarly Activity. 37.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ored_showcase/2025/posters/37
Trajectories of control: Exposure to punitive social control over time and its associated consequences
Poster Presenter: Abigail Novak
The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of punitive social control in childhood and adolescence, as well as risk factors and outcomes associated with these different patterns of control. Black children, male children, children with more ACEs, and children from lower income households were more likely to experience persistent or increasing exposure to punitive social control throughout childhood and adolescence. Findings indicated punishment may compound as a child ages, growing from exposure to punitive control to more progressively severe experiences of control, ultimately leading to direct experiences with probation and/or incarceration. These findings also reflect broader notions of systemic violence and persistent social control, suggesting governmental systems broadly regulate and punish some individuals persistently and over time, using various methods of punitive surveillance to exert control.