ETHNICITY, RACE, AND JUSTICE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: C&E SOC/SOC 140 , 210 , 211 , SOC 181 , AMER IND/AFROAMER/ASIAN AM/CHICLA 102 , CHICLA 201 , 210 , POLI SCI/CHICLA 231 , HISTORY/CHICLA/GEN&WS 245 , LEGAL ST/SOC 131 , or POLI SCI/LEGAL ST 217 (or FOLKLORE 102 prior to Fall 2026) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss ethnic and racial differences in crime and criminal justice outcomes and analyze these patterns through the application of theory and empirical data in the social sciences. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Engage major theoretical debates in social and legal scholarship. Why are there racial/ethnic disparities in crime and violence? How and why have these disparities changed over time? Are minorities treated differently by legal officials? Has mass incarceration mitigated or exacerbated racial and ethnic inequality? How has the Supreme Court viewed issues of ethnicity, race, and the law? Audience: Undergraduate 3. Competently interpret representations of data and critically analyze study design in published research on ethnicity, race, and justice. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Critically assess the often-controversial issues surrounding ethnicity, race, crime, and the law in society, drawing on readings and class discussion. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss ethnic and racial differences in crime and criminal justice outcomes and analyze these patterns through the application of theory and empirical data in the social sciences. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Engage major theoretical debates in social and legal scholarship. Why are there racial/ethnic disparities in crime and violence? How and why have these disparities changed over time? Are minorities treated differently by legal officials? Has mass incarceration mitigated or exacerbated racial and ethnic inequality? How has the Supreme Court viewed issues of ethnicity, race, and the law? Audience: Undergraduate 3. Competently interpret representations of data and critically analyze study design in published research on ethnicity, race, and justice. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Critically assess the often-controversial issues surrounding ethnicity, race, crime, and the law in society, drawing on readings and class discussion. Audience: Undergraduate