HIST340

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HIST340

Crime and Violence in the 20th-Century United States HIST340 FA

Crosslistings: AMST340

Not Currently Offered

How are particular behaviors categorized as criminal? How do statist agendas, new methods of surveillance and changes in police methods redefine the criminal--and how do new crimes force changes in these structures of power? When has it been reasonable for the state to appropriate violence against citizens? This course will address the history of crime and policing, with a special emphasis on theoretical perspectives and comparative examples that permit us to understand crime as a normal aspect of social, political and cultural relations in the United States.

MAJOR READINGS

Hannah Arendt, EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM
Kathleen M. Blee, WOMEN OF THE KLAN
Michel Foucault, DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH
Linda Gordon, HEROES OF THEIR OWN LIVES
Humbert Nelli, THE BUSINESS OF CRIME
Sanyika Shakur, MONSTER

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three short papers and a final paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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