ESSAY UNIVERSITY READINGS AND OUTLINE
Week 2
Theorizing Race, Racialization and Criminalization
Readings:
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 1: Concepts, Theories, Approaches” (pp. 1-24).
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 2: Constructing Criminal Justice” (pp. 27-38).
Week 3
Interrogating ‘Justice’ and ‘Privilege’
Mandatory Reading Commentary Due
Readings:
* Johnson, A.G. (2006). “Privilege, Oppression and Difference,” in Privilege, Power and Difference, 2nd Ed (pp. 12-40). Toronto: McGraw Hill.
*Johnson, A.G. (2006). “How Systems of Privilege Work,” in Privilege, Power and Difference, 2nd Ed (pp. 90-107). Toronto: McGraw Hill.
Week 4 –
Geographies of Racialized Exclusion
Readings:
* Razack, S. (2000). “Gendered Racial Violence and Spatialized Justice: The Murder of Pamela George.” Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 15(2): 91-130.
Week 5 –
Histories of Racialized ‘Others’: Knowledge is Not Racially Neutral
Mandatory Reading Commentary Due
Readings:
* Loewen, J.W. (2007). “Why Is History Taught Like This,” in Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, 2nd Ed. (pp. 301-339). New York: Touchstone.
* McCalla, A. and V. Satzewich (2002). “Settler Capitalism and the Construction of Immigrants and ‘Indians’ as Racialized Others,” in W. Chan and K. Mirchandani (Eds.) Crimes of Colour. Racialization and the Criminal Justice System (pp. 25-44). Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Week 6 –
Laws and Policies as Racialized Enactment
Readings:
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 3: Race, Crime, and Mental Health” (pp. 39-53).
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 10: The Criminalization and Racialization of Poverty” (pp. 149-157).
Week 7 –
Policing Race: The “They Just Commit More Crimes!” Mentality
Readings:
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 5: Race, Racism, and Policing” (pp. 71-86).
* Wortley, S. and A. Owusu-Bempah (2011). “The Usual Suspects: Police Stop and Search Practices in Canada.” Policing and Society, 21(4): 395-407.
Week 8 –
Courts and Sentencing: The “There’s No Racism Here!” Mentality
Readings:
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 6: Race, Sentencing, and Imprisonment” (pp. 87-103).
*Pfeifer, J.E. and J.R.P. Ogloff (2003). “Mock Juror Ratings of Guilt in Canada: Modern Racism and Ethnic Heritage.” Social Behaviour and Personality, 31(3): 301-312.
Week 9 –
Corrections and Release: The “Deport Them All!” Mentality
Readings:
* Chan, W. (2005). “Crime, Deportation and the Regulation of Immigrants in Canada.” Crime, Law and Social Change, 44: 153-180.
* Sudbury, J. (2008). “Black Women Resist the Transnational Prison-Industrial Complex.” Souls, 10(4): 344-360.
Week 10 –
Aboriginal Peoples and Justice: The “Just Get Over It!” Mentality
Readings:
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 7: Criminal Victimization and Hate Crimes” (pp. 101-113).
* Smith, A. (2013). “Rape and the War Against Native Women,” in A.L. Ferber, K. Holcomb, T. Wentling (Eds). Sex, Gender, and Sexuality. The New Basics. 2nd Ed. (323-332). New York: Oxford University Press.
Week 11 –
Media Representations of Criminality and Victimization
Readings:
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 4: Media Representations of Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice” (pp. 55-67).
* Comack, E. and E. Bowness (2010). “‘Dealing the Race Card’: Public Discourse on the Policing of Winnipeg’s Inner-City Communities.” Journal of Urban Research, 19(1): 34-50.
Week 12 –
“Racism without Racists”: Nationalism and Exclusion in the Name of Protectionism
Readings:
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 8: The Racialization of National Security” (pp. 119-132).
Chan, W. and D. Chunn (2015). “Chapter 9: The Racialization of Immigration Surveillance” (pp. 133-147).
Week 13 –
Making Change: Is Legislative Reform Enough?
Readings:
* Tanovich, D.M. “Chapter 9: Rethinking the Use of Race in Suspect Descriptions” (pp.151-169).
* Tanovich, D.M. “Chapter 10: Legislative Reform” (pp.171-183).
