CJLS 250 - Transforming Justice

2 or 4 credit(s)
Provides students with the opportunity to familiarize themselves with a variety of practices and visions for achieving justice that differ from the criminal punishment system currently in operation in the United States. Frameworks that will be explored in this class include restorative justice, transformative justice, peacemaking criminology, conflict transformation, carceral feminism, indigenous circle processes, emergent strategy, abolition, mutual aid, violence prevention, and upstream interventions. Many course materials are drawn from practitioners and class sessions include activities that engage these topics. Students will build skills in critical thinking, transforming conflict, and problem solving.
Core Requirement(s): International and Diverse Perspectives
Prerequisite(s): Any 100 or 200-level course from ANTH, CJLS, PH, POLS, SOC, or SOCWK.