Portland-State-University 2022-2023 Bulletin

BSt 415 Race, Justice, and Punishment

Examination of historical and contemporary incarceration in the U.S. including slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow eras through the lens of race, class, gender, sexual identity, nationality, power and privilege. Responses to demands for justice and exploration of the use of racial ideologies in the development of a racialized prison/carceral system.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

BST 202 or permission of the chair.

Corequisite

NA
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  • 400