Feminist Perspectives in Criminal Justice

This course examines black feminist perspectives broadly, and how they pertain to the study of mass incarceration, institutions, and organizations. I ask questions like: 1) how do concepts of gender and race intersect in the criminal justice system, and 2) how are ideas of deviance filtered through the lens of race, gender, and class? This course also examines the policy implications of these issues, paying particular attention to how multiple statuses of individuals (gender, race/ethnicity, social class, sexuality, and so forth) affect social and institutional responses.