January 2021

1.       Discuss how racial profiling, immigration, and hate crimes will impact the future of multiculturalism and criminal justice. 2.        Create an outline for an undergraduate-level course on multiculturalism and criminal justice. What topics would you include? How would you structure the course?

Identify and discuss three changes you believe are necessary for the criminal justice system to welcome diversity among the ranks of practitioners. Further, identify and discuss three changes you feel are needed to facilitate tolerance among criminal justice practitioners with consideration of the diverse criminal population.

1.       Define the issues surrounding race and ethnicity in the United States. 2.       Define concepts such as race, ethnicity, minority groups, multiculturalism, prejudice, and discrimination as they are used in the social science literature.

Contrast the debate of whether multiculturalism is a valuable idea in American society. Understand how race and ethnicity play a role in the criminal justice system. Recognize Erving Goffman’s contribution to our understanding of social interaction..

Understand what constitutes a group. Understand the basics of communication and the communication process. Discuss the significance of verbal and nonverbal communication in the criminal justice system. Identify the potential outcomes of minority– nonminority interactions.

Identify the role slavery and Reconstruction played in the history of the African American experience in this country. Understand the current state of African Americans, particularly the rise of the Black middle class.

Describe the ways in which African Americans perceive the police. Understand the overrepresentation of African Americans in the criminal justice system, including arrests, use of force, deadly force, sentencing, and the death penalty.

1.       Understand the significance of the Hispanic/ Latino influence in the United States. 2.       Understand the historical importance of immigration for Chicanos, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and those from Central and South America.

Describe the current condition of many Native Americans in this country.  Understand the involvement of Native Americans in the criminal justice system, particularly in light of the tension between self-governance of tribes and the influence of federal laws.

1.       Understand the differential treatment of males and females in the criminal justice system. 2.        Recognize the differences between male and female criminality and victimization. 3.       Understand the particular challenges facing women under correctional supervision.