For this assignment you will be required to research one of our course topics in more depth, and apply theoriesto your analysis of this topic. Pick a topic below and write an essay, below is a brief theoretical frameworks, feel free to work on any topic of your interest!

Controversial Police Shootings: (Social theory can serve many functions in the public policy arena. Two of the most important in the realm of crime and justice are: (1) guiding the actions of criminal justice agencies and personnel; and (2) explaining to members of the public how and why agencies and personnel act the way they do. When members of the criminal justice system have a good understanding of social theory, they can use it as a framework for setting goals, developing procedures to fulfill them, and tailoring training in ways that further them. Similarly, they will find it easier to explain their work to laymen and increase) public support for their actions if they grasp the theoretical underpinnings of their operations. This is certainly the case in the world of policing where social theory has guided agencies in a variety of endeavors and helped the public understand both the goals of the police and the methods they use to reach them.

Cultures of Punishment : (culture as an analytical dimension of social relations (the cultural) and culture as a collective entity (a culture)

Gendering Racism (intersectional approach)

Structural Racism and Mass Incarceration structural racism refers to the ways in which history, public policies, cultural stereotypes and norms, and institutional practices interact to maintain racial hierarchies and inequitable racial group outcomes. Mass incarceration in the United States is a civil rights, human rights, and public health crisis that is the result of social, political, and economic forces, rooted in enduring legacies of slavery and oppression along lines of race and class. We conceptualized this issue because we believe that the theories, methods, and ethical tenets of public health have a distinct role to play in contributing to a growing movement to end mass incarceration and its multilayered harms on health.

Intersections of Criminal and Immigration Law how criminal and immigration law, policy and practice are merging, or intersecting, and addresses the different subjects of crimmigration.