CRM 365 - Race and Punishment

The objective of this course is to examine the racial history of the American legal system and its relationship to the United States criminal justice system. The course focuses on the inherent contradiction due to the absence of social justice between the constitutional promise of human rights and their actual suppression, the contradiction between personal ethics espousing racial justice and emancipation, and the ethics of political power, which legitimate their suppression.

Prerequisite(s): CRM 100 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3

Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Criminology