Majors
Sociology and Philosophy

Fellowship Location
URI

Research Project
Iqra conducted content analysis of children’s movies to analyze how the criminal justice system is portrayed through characters, settings, interactions, and deviant behaviors. She then analyzed the messages imparted to children about the criminal justice system through a coding mechanism she and her mentor developed.

Faculty Mentor
Dr. Megan Parry, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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“Children’s movies impart to their audience society’s norms and values, and thus shape the opinions and beliefs of the children in that audience throughout life.”