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Created: July 27, 2003
Latest Update: September 14, 2007
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CRMJ/SOCA 365 Race, Crime, Law

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 3: Week of September 16, 2007

This week, you need to email me the topics for your midterm creative measure(s)/visual project(s). Remember that you need approval before beginning your visual project(s).

Topic: The Teaching/Learning Model (also, Adversarialism & Mutuality)

Preparatory Readings:

• NEW "theory, policy, practice"
• NEW Adversarialism AND Mutuality
• NEW Adversarialism
• NEW other Gordon Fellman related materials on the Dear Habermas site.
  
  
• Gordon Fellman. Rambo and the Dalai Lama. -- Parts 4 & 5.
• Samuel Walker and others. The Color of Justice. Chapter 1.
• Video: "The Butter Battle Book" (to be shown in class)
  
• Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic. The Derrick Bell Reader . --
  
  

Lecture related links:



• Sticks and Stones -- Labelling Matters.
  
• "Who's Habermas? Why Habermas?"
• W.I. Thomas "Definition of the Situation
  
  
• Those Infamous Grades and Letters of Recommendation
• "The Case Against Gold Stars" by Alfie Kohn.




Concepts to be covered:



• adversarialism
• mutuality
• competition
• cooperation
• paradigm shift
• "theory, policy, practice"
• definition of the situation



Discussion Questions:





Note: In order to answer these discussion questions, you will need to do the assigned readings for this week and view the video, "The Butter Battle Book".

1. Which -- competition or cooperation -- is more characteristic of today's American society? Why.
2. What is meant by "paradigm shift?"
3. Compare and contrast the main idea in Dr. Seuss' "Butter Battle Book" (book and/or video) with Rambo and the Dalai Lama? Why.
4. How does Fellman's book relate to September 11, 2001 and the war? Why. Also refer to: September 11th and the War and Neither Adversarialism nor Mutuality Espouse, But a Cautious Balancing of Both .
   
5. Read Theory, Policy Practice. What is the relationship between theory, policy, and practice? Given today's global events, what might Fellman have to say about adversarialism and mutuality in terms of "theory, policy, practice"? Why.



Suggested Creative Measures:




Note: Start thinking about ideas for your creative measures. Must relate to "race, crime, law." 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 are expected to turn in a bibliography with each visual project. No term papers! Allow time to dialogue and present your creative measure in class. Email me your ideas ASAP.



• Explore and examine competition in a specific social setting, (i.e., education, workplace, sports, law, religion).
• Study the books and writings of Alfie Kohn.
• What are some global examples of mutuality? Trace the origins of one particular project.



Recommended Readings:

• Spencer Johnson. Who Moved My Cheese?
• Alfie Kohn. No Contest. The Case Against Competition.
• Alfie Kohn. Punished by Rewards.
• Alfie Kohn. Beyond Discipline.
• Thomas Kuhn. Structures of Scientific Revolutions. (about paradigms).
• The 9-11 Commission Report
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Desmond Tutu. No Future Without Forgiveness.
• MoveOn.org. Move On's 50 Ways to Love Your Country.
  
  

Course Syllabus for CRMJ/SOCA 365 "Race, Crime, Law"

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