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CRMJ/SOCA 365: Race, Crime and Law
Week 14: The Color of Justice

You will be held accountable for purposes of grading for the readings and exercises 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 14: Week of December 3, 2006

• Topic: The Color of Justice

  Special Note:
  
  Monday, December 4th through Friday, December 8th -- Second Meetings. (If you do not have a meeting scheduled, see me ASAP!!
  Last Day of Class -- Thursday, December 14th (TR RCL) and Friday, December 15th (MWF RCL)

• Preparatory Readings:
  --- Fellman. Rambo and the Dalai Lama. entirety
  --- Walker, et. al The Color of Justice. ch. 11
  --- Kennedy. Race, Crime and the Law. entirety
  --- Documentary, "--- " -- to be shown in class.
  
  

• Links to Lecture Notes and Other Things
  

  Pyramid Box Instructions

  Evaluating Authority
  Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. An excellent resource for juvenile justice related issues.
  National Criminal Justice Resource Service. Administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
  
  

  Join the Yahoo Discussion Group . Discuss topics beyond the classroom and with students from California State University, Dominguez Hills.
  Gordon Fellman related materials on the Dear Habermas site.
  W.I. Thomas "Definition of the Situation
  
  Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) on How We Teach and Why

Lecture: in class

Concepts:

• theory, policy, practice
• illocutionary discourse
• aesthetics of answerability
• the Other
• difference

Discussion Questions:

Incorporate the readings and the documentary, "--- " in your answers.



1. On page 418, Walker et al state: "Race, ethnicity, and crime are bound together in American society. It is impossible to discuss policing, sentencing, the death penalty, or employment in the criminal justice system without confronting issues of race and ethnicity. Moreover, most Americans believe there is a close link. Perceptions of crime and justice involve issues of race and ethnicity." Compare and contrast how Fellman, Kennedy and Walker explain this linkage. Which author do you agree with the most? Why.
2. How do Fellman, Kennedy and Walker explain the future direction of race, crime, and the law? Are things going to get better or worse? Why?
3. Bring a pair of scissors to class on the day these discussion questions are due.

Ideas and Suggestions for Creative Measures

Note: All creative measures are due beginning of class on Thursday, November 30th and on Friday, December 1st.



• Make A Box a Week focusing on the week's topic or issues.

• Make a Globe (Origami Balloon). Try it!

Recommended Readings:

• The Dalai Lama. Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama.
• The Dalai Lama. The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality.
• The Dalai Lama. Ethics for the New Millennium.
• The Dalai Lama. An Open Heart.
• The Dalai Lama. Live in a Better Way.
  
  
  
• The 9-11 Commission Report
• Alfie Kohn. No Contest. The Case Against Competition.
• Thomas Kuhn. Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

• Paulo Freire. Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
• 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.

Course Syllabus for CRMJ/SOCA 365-001 (MWF) "Race, Crime, Law"

Course Syllabus for CRMJ/SOCA 365-002 (TR) "Race, Crime, Law"