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CRMJ/SOCA 352 Law and Social Change

You will be held accountable for the readings and discussion questions listed here. There will be no "testing." That means that you will not have to live in anxious anticipation of what we will ask and how much you will have to know. Instead, we will provide weekly discussion questions, lectures, essays, and concepts we feel that you should know as a result of having taken this course. You will assure us of that learning and receive your grade for the questions and concepts about which you choose to write and talk with us. In addition you will find detailed explanations and examples on our grading policies in the first week's reading.

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Week 6: Week of February 24, 2008

Reminder: Friday, February 29th through Friday, March 7th -- Midterm Meetings

Topic: Peacemaking Criminology/American Indians

Preparatory Readings

• Arrigo. Social Justice/Criminal Justice. Chapter 3.
• Mann, Zatz & Rodriguez. Images of Color, Images of Crime. Chapter 11 & 16 .
• Documentary/Film: "Incident at Oglala" (shown in class last week)
  

Lecture related links:



• Peacemaking
  
• Participate in the Community Building discussion group .
  
• Curran and Takata. Sociology of Law Handbook:
  -- Introduction
  -- Chapter 1, part 1
  -- Chapter 1, part 2
  -- Chapter 2

• Martha Minow. Making All the Difference: Exclusion, Inclusion and American Law. Check out this link Martha Minow on the Dear Habermas site.
  
  
• "My Role in Social Change" Poem by LaTricia White (Spring 2004)
  
• "They Ain't Us: Identity as an Anti-Norm"
  
• W.I. Thomas "Definition of the Situation
  
  

Concepts to be covered:



• American Indian v. Native American
• the reservation Indian v. the urban Indian
• Wounded Knee
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
• American Indian Movement (AIM)
• Leonard Peltier
• peacemaking criminology
• paradigms of justice
• Hal Pepinsky



Discussion Questions:

Note: In order to answer these discussion questions, you will need to view "Incident at Oglala" to be shown in class.

1. Is Leonard Peltier guilty or not guilty? Why.

2. Compare and contrast how a critical race theorist and a peacemaking criminology would explain "The Incident and Oglala." Which theorist do you agree with the most? Why.

3. In what respects may peacemaking be said to be both a more pessimistic and optimistic approach to social control than warmaking? (Arrigo, p. 69, Q.6).

4. What makes American Indians different from other racial groups in America? (MZR, p. 139, Q.1)

5. What is meant by a dual justice system? Provide a detailed definition of both paradigms. Then compare and contrast the competing paradigms. Finally, discuss the implications of htis dual justice system. (MZR, p. 196, Q.5).



Suggested Visual Projects:




Note: Start thinking about ideas for your creative measures. Must relate to "law and social change." Must be approved before starting your creative measure. Cannot be something that you are doing or have done for another course. Research cannot be 100% online (i.e., google, askjeeves). Must conduct library research using scholarly works, (not the popular press -- Time Magazine, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated). You will need to submit a bibliography with each project. No term papers! Allow time to dialogue and present your creative measure in class. Email me your ideas ASAP!



• new In the Pepinsky chapter, he notes, "thinking globally, acting locally." What local projects focus on peacemakung approaches? What national and international projects adhere to peacemaking strategies?
• new Beyond examples discussed in class, historically trace a social movement or event where peace was at its centerpiece.
• Read one of the recommended books listed below on the American Indian. Do a visual book review.
• Examine how stereotypes and the stereotyping of the American Indian has changed from the past to present day.
• Compare and contrast the life experiences of the reservation Indian and the urban Indian.
• Trace either prime time television or movie images of the American Indian from past to present.
• Examine the legal case of Leonard Peltier, Dennis Banks or other American Indian leaders.
• Examine the controversy behind American Indian mascots and logos.
• Research the development and proliferation of Indian gaming casinos. Has that helped or hurt today's American Indians.
• Explore the Indian gaming and fishing rights and treaties in the State of Wisconsin.
• Trace the creation and development of AIM.



Recommended Readings:



• Leonard Peltier. Prison Writings.
• Dee Brown. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
• Mary Crow Dog. Lakota Woman.
• Nancy Lurie. Mountain Wolf Woman.
• Paula Gunn Allen. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Culture.
• Gregory Michno. Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat.
• M. Scott Momaday. House Made of Dawn.
  

  --- Jurgen Habermas. Between Facts and Norms.
  --- Martha Minow. Making All the Difference: Exclusion, Inclusion and American Law. Check out this link Martha Minow on the Dear Habermas site.

  
  
  



Self-Assessment Questions for each Visual Project:




1. List the names of the individuals in your group. What did you do exactly for this visual project? (If in a group, explain the division of labor and your individual contribution to this visual project).
2. Briefly explain how your visual project relates to "law and social change" (i.e., the readings, the documentaries). What did you learn?
3. Assess how the 6Cs apply to your visual project, with special attention on competence and creativity. What is your visual project self-assessment (provide a letter grade) ___ ? Why.

Course Syllabus for CRMJ/SOCA 352 "Law and Social Change"

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