SOC 3990 A (CRN: 15967)

Sociology: Criminalized Races & Genders (A)

3 credit hours

About SOC 3990 A

See Schedule of Courses for specific titles. Prerequisites: SOC 1500; SOC 2500 or SOC 2550; minimum Junior standing.

Notes

Prereqs: SOC 1500 and (SOC 2500 or SOC 2550 or POLS 2800) Minimum junior standing; PACE students with permission and override Special Topics courses cannot carry CC designations

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Section Description

The purpose of this course is to examine the relationship between the US criminal justice system and the social structures of antiblack white supremacy and patriarchy. The central question animating this course is, ‘How does the criminal justice system perpetuate racial and gendered violence against Black, Latinx, and other BIPOC people?’ Module 1 examines mass Black incarceration and privatized prisons. Module 2 examines the criminalization and victimization of BIPOC women. Course classes will comprise of a mix of lectures, group readings, group discussions, experiential-learning activities, and writing workshops.

Section Expectation

MODULE 1. RACIALIZED & PRIVATIZED MASS INCARCERATION

Week 1. Antiblackness
Vargas, J. H. C. & Jung, M. K. (2021). Introduction: Antiblackness of the social and the human. In
Jung, M. K. and J. H. C. Vargas, Antiblackness.(pp. 1-7). Duke University Press.

Week 2. Antiblackness
Vargas, J. H. C. & Jung, M. K. (2021). Introduction: Antiblackness of the social and the human. In
Jung, M. K. and J. H. C. Vargas, Antiblackness.(pp. 8-14). Duke University Press.

Week 3. Mass Incarceration
Alexander, M. (2010). Introduction. The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press.
Alexander, M. (2010). The rebirth of caste. The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press.

Week 4. Mass Incarceration
Alexander, M. (2010). The lockdown. The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press.
Alexander, M. (2010). The color of justice. The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press.

Week 5. Mass Black Incarceration
Rodriguez, D. (2021). Mass incarceration as misnomer. In Jung, M. K. and J. H. C. Vargas, Antiblackness.(pp. 171-197). Duke University Press.

Week 6. Prison Privatization
Eisen, L. B. (2017). How the government privatized. Inside private prisons: An American dilemma in the age of mass incarceration. Columbia University Press.

Week 7. Prison-Industrial Complex
Eisen, L. B. (2017). The prison industrial complex. Inside private prisons: An American dilemma in the age of mass incarceration. Columbia University Press.

Week 8. Writing Workshop on Mass Black Incarceration
In-class consultations on Paper 1, which focuses on mass Black incarceration.
Due: Paper 1 (30%)

MODULE 2. THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK & IMMIGRANT WOMEN

Week 9. Intersectionality
Crenshaw, K. (1991). Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color. Stanford Law Review, 1241-1299.

Week 10. The Gendered Global Prison Industrial Complex
Sudbury, J. (2005). Celling black bodies: Black women in the global prison industrial complex. Feminist review, 80(1), 162-179.

Week 11. Black Women, Gender Violence & Mass Criminalization
Richie, B. E., & Eife, E. (2021). Black bodies at the dangerous intersection of gender violence and mass criminalization. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 30(7), 877-888.

Week 12. Reproductive Injustice
Kohlmeyer, K. (2022). How the US Government Fails to Protect Migrant Women's Reproductive Rights in Detention Centers. Hastings J. Gender & L., 33, 59.

Week 13. Forced Sterilization at ICE
Rahman, M. (2022). Escaping Accountability: ICE Forcibly Sterilizes Detainees in Detention Centers. Human Rights Brief, 25(2), 14.

Week 14. State Violence Against Latina Detainees
Gómez Cervantes, A., Menjívar, C., & Staples, W. G. (2017). “Humane” immigration enforcement and Latina immigrants in the detention complex. Feminist Criminology, 12(3), 269-292.

Week 15. Writing Workshop on the Criminalization of BIPOC Women
In-class consultations on Paper 2
Due: Paper 2 (30%)

Evaluation

Learning evaluation comprises of class participation (15%), a group presentation (25%), and two paper assignments (30% each). Each paper is comprised of two smaller assignments – the first part is a research question and annotated bibliography (10%). Students will receive feedback on this before writing their final draft of each paper (20%).

The deadlines for these are as follows. Paper 1 Research Question & Annotated Bibliography is due in Week 4 (10%), Paper 1 Research Question & Annotated Bibliography is due in Week 8 (20%), Paper 2 Research Question & Annotated Bibliography is due in Week 12 (10%), Paper 2 Research Question & Annotated Bibliography is due in Week 15 (20%).

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