States of Violence.

Catalog description

A. Pre-requisites: SJS 101 or CRJ 101 or PLS 103 or COR 201 or departmental approval. Examines the relations among state regimes and their application of violence in historical and contemporary contexts. Consideration will be given to the ways state institutions such as the military, police, prisons, and welfare often exercise violence and threats thereof in struggles over social justice. Alternatives to state violence will be discussed.