SUSILA GURUSAMI, PH.D.

Course introduction

READINGS:

Review course syllabus

How gender & race Structure punishment

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READING

1.  Davis, Angela Y. 2003. "How Gender Structures the Prison System," p. 60-83. Are Prisons Obsolete? New York: Seven Stories Press.

2. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Introduction," p. 1-18. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

Theoretical Foundations

READING

1. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 1: Enduring Legacies," p. 19-42. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

2. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 2: Policing Paradigms and Criminalizing Webs," p. 43-69. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

Policing girls

READING

1. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 3: Policing Girls," p. 70-87. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

2. Maynard, Robyn. 2017. "Canadian Education is Steeped in Anti-Black Racism." The Walrus. 

Policing (Dis)Ability

READING

1. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 4:  Policing (Dis)Ability," p. 88-103. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

2. Ware, Syrus, Joan Ruzsa, and Giselle Dias. 2014. “It Can’t Be Fixed Because It’s Not Broken: Racism and Disability in the Prison Industrial Complex.” In Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada, edited by Liat Ben-Moshe, Chris Chapman, and Allison C. Carey, 163–84. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US.

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#Metoo

READING

1. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 5: Police Sexual Violence," p. 104-126. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

2. Rotman, Isabella. 2016 (Second Edition). Not on My Watch: A Bystander's Handbook for the Prevention of Sexual Violence.

READING WEEK

TBD

TEST i

Test I will cover reading & lecture material from Weeks 1-6.

POLICING GENDER & SEX

READING

1. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 6: Policing Gender Lines," p. 127-143. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

2. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 7: Policing Sex," p. 144-164. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

Policing Motherhood & police responses to violence

READING

1. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 8: Policing Motherhood," p. 165-182. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

2. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 9: Policing Responses to Violence," p. 183-202. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

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What now? Resistance and Next steps

READING

1. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Chapter 10: Resistance" p. 203-232. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

2. Ritchie, Andrea J. 2017. "Conclusion," p. 233-241. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Boston: Beacon Press.

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TEST iI

Test II will cover reading & lecture material from Weeks 8-10.

Final project due

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