CRIMINAL INJUSTICE IN AMERICA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Trace how race and racial inequalities developed in the United States and how they affect present day circumstances. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how the criminal legal system constructs and maintains a racially discriminatory order. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine the extent to which police and prosecutors target persons based on race and class. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe how crime and the crime rate are socially constructed. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze the procedural/institutional conditions that limit a defendant's access to information. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Specify how constitutional rights of criminal defendants can facilitate state objectives. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Draw on course concepts to respectfully participate in our multicultural society and legal institutions. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Trace how race and racial inequalities developed in the United States and how they affect present day circumstances. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how the criminal legal system constructs and maintains a racially discriminatory order. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine the extent to which police and prosecutors target persons based on race and class. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe how crime and the crime rate are socially constructed. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze the procedural/institutional conditions that limit a defendant's access to information. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Specify how constitutional rights of criminal defendants can facilitate state objectives. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Draw on course concepts to respectfully participate in our multicultural society and legal institutions. Audience: Undergraduate