ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY, LAW, & JUSTICE, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
Sociology 219: Gender, Crime, and Justice
Winter 2019
01:
1/07
Course introduction
READINGS:
Review course syllabus
02:
1/14
How gender & race Structure punishment
03:
1/21
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.
04:
1/28
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.
05:
2/4
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.
06:
2/11
#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.
2/18
READING WEEK
TBD
07:
2/25
TEST i
Test I will cover reading & lecture material from Weeks 1-6.
08:
3/4
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.
09:
3/11
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.
10:
3/18
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.
11:
3/25
TEST iI
Test II will cover reading & lecture material from Weeks 8-10.
4/1
Final project due
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