Crime and Criminal Justice of New Orleans

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This course is an exploration of crime and the criminal justice system in New Orleans. With New Orleans as its case, this course will examine why people commit and the conditions that foster crime, policing, the courts, jail/prison, and local movements and organizations seeking to create different criminal justice institutions and practices. It will examine the criminal justice system critically, considering questions of race, class and power as these structure how the CJ system operates as a whole. It will examine the New Orleans police department, the District Attorney and Orleans Public Defenders, the Sheriff and city jail, and advocacy groups such as the Orleans Prison Reform Movement. It will involve field trips to some of these locations, or representatives from the New Orleans CJ system visiting class or for online discussion should physical meetings be hindered.