Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
External - London School of Economics
Course Title:
Politics, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective
Course Number:
IR337
Course Description:
Newspaper reports often discuss “police reform” or “criminal justice reform.” Yet, these terms are likely to have different meanings across countries, and how states’ political systems are organized may help or hinder change. This course explores the intersection between politics and criminal justice (law enforcement and the judiciary) in the advanced industrialized democracies such as the United States as well as those in the Global South. Questions that the course will cover include: do judges make biased decisions based on race or gender? Can community policing improve citizen perceptions of law enforcement? Do government-mandated hiring quotas for women and minority groups affect police legitimacy? Broadly, the course grapples with empirical social science scholarship – primarily from political science and economics – that uses a variety of analytical techniques to explore inequities in citizen interactions with the police and courts, how inequalities are perpetuated, and which governmental reforms have been shown
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 444, GOVT 398
Attachment Files:
