SOCI 6130 Race, Crime, and Control

SOCI 6130 Race, Crime, and Control
Race, Crime, and Control
This course examines the US Criminal Justice system as a mechanism of racial control. It covers the socio-historical construction of race, different theories and practices of racism and their manifestation and institutionalization in the contemporary US Criminal Justice system, and ongoing strategies of resistance and antiracism. Prerequisite: SOCI 3030, SOCI 3040 and SOCI 3220
Pre-requistites: SOCI 3030, SOCI 3040 and SOCI 3220
credit hours: 3