SOC 235
Policing & Mass Incarceration · 4 credits · Fall 2026
Requirements
Prerequisite: ENG 151 and any 200-level or above SOC, ANT, AAD or INT course.
About this course
Provides a critical perspective of historical and current fighting-crime strategies such as one-strike, zero tolerance and the war on drugs, and their intended and unintended consequences for historically marginalized populations. The course will deal with legal/institutional trends in technologies of policing, the militarization of urban America and activist responses to current ?crisis? of police violence against minority groups in the US and beyond.
Seat status as of Oct 3, 6:40 AM ET. Seats can change between refreshes.
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