MODULE 12: POLICING & PRISONS

MODULE 12 – POLICING & PRISONS

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Topic:                     How Black Lives Matter to Policing & Prison Policies: Problems and Solutions

Readings:              Remember to read thoughtfully, critically & with YOUR solutions in mind. Also, think of questions that intrigue, perplex, and/or challenge you.

 

Garza. Alicia. (October 7, 2014). A HerStory of the #BlackLivesMatterMovement. Black Lives Matter.

Retrieved from: http://blacklivesmatter.com/herstory/

 

Black Lives Matter Network. (n.d.) About the Black Lives Matter Network. Black Lives Matter.

Retrieved from: http://blacklivesmatter.com/about/

 

Campaign Zero Planning Team – DeRay McKesson, Samuel Sinyangwe, Johnetta Elzie and Brittany Packnett.(September 20, 2016). Police Use of Force Policy Analysis. Campaign Zero.

Retrieved from: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56996151cbced68b170389f4/t/57e1b5cc2994ca4ac1d97700/1474409936835/Police+Use+of+Force+Report.pdf

Alternate link: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/reports/

 

 

Alexander, Michelle. (2012). Teaching the New Jim Crow: Introduction. Teaching Tolerance: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.  The Southern Poverty Law Center. Montgomery, Alabama.

Retrieved from: http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/Introduction.pdf

 

Kellogg, Casey (2015) “There Goes the Neighborhood: Exposing the Relationship Between Gentrification and Incarceration,” Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science: Vol. 3 , Article 10.

Retrieved from: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=themis

 

Assignment:         Reading Analysis Writing Assignment

 

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Note:  If (CTL) – which stands for City Tech Library –  is listed under the reading link, you will need to retrieve the article from a campus computer or, if you are off campus, enter your library barcode to access the reading. For off-campus access instructions, you may use this link: https://library.citytech.cuny.edu/help/how/offCampus.php