Spring 2023 Final Assignment
This will be an 8-10 page paper exploring a current American social movement related to race and the criminal justice system.
You are to identify a current social that directly addresses criminal justice issues that have a racial element to them. A social movement is engaged in organizing people to take political action, rather than just providing direct services or charity.
Describe the social movement discussing issues such as structure, membership, funding, history, and leadership. Next you will analyze the social movement in terms of its core demands and goals in relationship to specific criminal justice practices, their analysis of race, their analysis of micro and macro level causes of the problems they are confronting, the kinds of actions they engage in, and their basis for exerting power. Finally, you will critique the group in terms of their analysis of the role of race, the social forces producing the problem they are concerned with, and how power operates.
To complete this assignment, you should utilize 3 or more class readings and at least 3 other academic sources to explore the basis for your analysis and critique.
