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Crime and Violence in the Twentieth Century United States
HIST340 SP

Crosslistings: AMST340

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 which 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: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: HIST240 OR HIST244 OR AMST360

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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