General Description:
Explores the development of policing in the United States since the nineteenth century. We will examine a number of related topics including professionalization, strikebreaking, order maintenance policing, racial profiling, police brutality, federal law enforcement, militarization, and sheriffs. We will also discuss the process of suing police under § 1983, including barriers such as qualified immunity.
Select Term:
LAWS 8145-801
Instructor(s):
Jonathon Booth
Meeting Times & Locations:
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Wed |
3:00 PM - 4:40 PM |
WLAW 303 |
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