Unit 1

Week 1 : Methodology and Latinx Populations

To Read:

  • Alexander, M. (2012). The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. The New Press

To Watch:

• What a world without prisons could look like (2018)

  • How restorative justice could end mass incarceration (2019)

• Restorative Justice: Why Do We Need it? (2016)

Week 2: The Politics of Crime and Birth of Prison in Western History

Assignment: Reading Response 1

To Read:

To Watch:

  • The 13th (2016)

To Listen: