Notes: Stanley “Tookie” Williams Timeline
(December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005)
- 1971: co-founded the Crips along with Raymond Washington in South central LA, intended as a “neighborhood watch”
- 1979: Convicted of murder, sentenced to death row at San Quentin prison in California.
- 1993: renounced his gang affiliation and became an anti-gang activist, eventually nominated for a Nobel prize 5 times for authoring anti-gang youth literature.
- December 2005: executed for 1979 murders despite controversy over anti-gang activism and possible innocence.
Notes: Questions to consider
1. In what ways was Tookie a REBEL?
2. How did he rebel against the gang culture that he helped create? (Explanations?/Alternatives?/Solutions?)
3. Was Stanley Tookie Williams truly “redeemed”?
1. Redemption: to make up for, to make amends, to RESTORE
2. Self Hate - Tookie’s theory that a people who are “spoon-fed” a negative stereotype of themselves for so long begin to believe this image, violently lashing out at others who fit this image (inner-race violence).
3. “Dyseducation” - How people are taught to self hate (negative images).
Penology - the processes of punishment, the prevention of crime, and the treatment of prisoners.
Proposed 3 parts of the unconscious mind:
Super-ego - develops through interactions with parents and other adults; the conscience and morals (difference between right and wrong)
Ego - The balance between the two; how a person acts
When 3 (id, superego, ego) are in balance, person leads a normal life
Out of balance and 1 dominates; leads to destructive behavior.
Parental neglect or traumatic childhood can lead to overdevelopment of ID; low SUPEREGO--don’t care about right/wrong or about others--leads to violent/criminal behavior
2. How did he rebel against the gang culture that he helped create? (Explanations?/Alternatives?/Solutions?)
3. Was Stanley Tookie Williams truly “redeemed”?
Notes: Tookie Terms
1. Redemption: to make up for, to make amends, to RESTORE
2. Self Hate - Tookie’s theory that a people who are “spoon-fed” a negative stereotype of themselves for so long begin to believe this image, violently lashing out at others who fit this image (inner-race violence).
3. “Dyseducation” - How people are taught to self hate (negative images).
Notes: Psychoanalysis
Criminology - the study of crime; its different forms; causes/effects.Penology - the processes of punishment, the prevention of crime, and the treatment of prisoners.
Notes: Sigmund Freud
19th century psychiatrist; invented psychoanalysis (study of the unconscious mind)Proposed 3 parts of the unconscious mind:
Notes: The psyche
Id - childlike portion of the psyche; impulsive; only cares about what it wants (desire) and disregards consequences (ex. Babies)Super-ego - develops through interactions with parents and other adults; the conscience and morals (difference between right and wrong)
Ego - The balance between the two; how a person acts
When 3 (id, superego, ego) are in balance, person leads a normal life
Out of balance and 1 dominates; leads to destructive behavior.
Parental neglect or traumatic childhood can lead to overdevelopment of ID; low SUPEREGO--don’t care about right/wrong or about others--leads to violent/criminal behavior
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