Durrell Washington

University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

A Native New Yorker from the Bronx Durrell Malik Washington Sr. is an Abolitionist Social Worker and PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. Durrell is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research draws from social work, sociological, criminological, developmental and legal theories and perspectives. His research interest lies at the intersections between P.I.C. Abolition, Incarcerated Black Boys, Black families, Reentry and Health. His current dissertation is a Narrative study that investigates how a period of juvenile incarceration shapes Black family life in the United States through the perspective of siblings of formerly incarcerated young people. Durrell is a 2022 American Society of Criminology Ruth D Peterson Fellowship Award Recipient.

 

Research Interest: Incarcerated Black boys; Mental Health and Reentry