SOCIOL 98Wb - Race, Poverty, and Community Justice

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

This course meets inside Norfolk prison and surveys some of the key topics in urban sociology, focusing on major social problems in American cities. Questions considered include: How do we respond to underperforming schools, gang violence, drop-outs, joblessness, drug addiction, poverty and incarceration? How do various political, economic and religious ideologies shape our understandings of race? What kinds of practices lead us out of poverty? Is there a difference between criminal justice and community justice?

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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