USLS 3330: Latinos/as/x in the Criminal Justice Complex
(Cross-listed with CJ 3330).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Intersections of ethnicity, culture, assimilation, immigration/migration, crime, and the criminal justice system in the United States. Topics include: criminality among Latinos/as and the challenges they face within the CJ complex (cops, courts, corrections, as well as immigration and border control) situated within mass incarceration; the use of criminalization as a form of social control; and Latino/as' human and civil rights and the role that race, ethnicity, gender, class, and immigration status play in the criminal justice system and border control enforcement. Meets U.S. Cultures and Communities Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall)