Inequalities and Criminal Justice

Catalog description

Same as: POL SCI 6438 . Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course examines the intersections between social inequality and the criminal justice system, including policing, adjudication and sentencing in the courts, community supervision, and incarceration. Additional focus is on the extent to which entry into the criminal justice system reflects existing social inequalities in American society, as well as to what extent the criminal justice system reproduces these inequalities. Last, this class includes an examination of how the criminal justice system intersects with other social institutions (e.g. labor market, housing, education).