ASOA15045U Black and Orange: Race, class and the American Criminal Justice System (SUMMER 2017)

 Knowledge:

The course will provide the students with knowledge of

- an introduction into theories of race, class, and the criminal justice sytem.

- familiarity with major issues connected to mass incareration and the American criminal justice system.

-an ability to reflect on the ways the Danish criminal justice system resembles and differs from the American one.

-an ability to critically evaluate the relaionship between structures of inequality, economic policies, and the criminal justice system.
 

Skills:

Students will be able to:  

- compare and contrast key theoretical perspectives that are central to the wider specialization in Culture, Lifestyle, and Everyday Life and /or Welfare, Inequality, and Mobility.

- identify significant historical and contemporary developments in the consturciton of the current American Criminal Justice System.

-Ability to conduct discourse analysis documents. of both popular media and policy documents.

-Ability to evaluate theoretical and practical problems connected to law and orde, and propose policy soultions that are sensitive to intersecitonal realities.

-Ability to clearly formulate and communicate their ideas both orally and in writing.
 

Competence:

In carrying out class activities and discussions rsearch projects and wirting assignments students demonstrate that they have acquired competence that allows them to independently

-Cooperate and effectivelt work in a socially diverse setting

-device policy solutions for complex and dynamic social situations.

-take responsibilty for their own academic inquiry and development.