Watch Michelle Alexander’s Ted Talk book “The New Jim Crow” aims to stimulate a conversation about the criminal justice system’s role in creating and perpetuating racial hierarchy (or a racial caste-like system) in the United States. She raises compelling arguments about institutional racism, mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement in the U.S. In this week’s discussion, discuss your own thoughts on this piece. Do you agree or disagree? In your view, what are some of the problems with incarceration as the primary sentence? What alternatives would you recommend in lieu of incarceration? What sentencing philosophy supports your favorite alternative?
or this discussion, let’s have some fun with musical chairs. Apply the Marxist Criminological perspective to the following YouTube Shorts: How would
or this discussion, let’s have some fun with musical chairs. Apply the Marxist Criminological perspective to the following YouTube Shorts: How would Marxist Criminology describe and explain the behavior/actions of the individuals in the video (individually and collectively)? Be sure to contextualize your response. For example: What does the chair