Policing Marginalized Communities (Hendricks)
Faculty
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| Anjelica Hendricks Quattrone Center Fellow ahendri@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Satisfies Senior Writing RequirementNo
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
W 2:20PM - 4:20PM
Silverman Hall M28
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
Police actions are widely evaluated in the context of criminal law, criminal investigations, and criminal procedure. What is often absent from these examinations, however, is the centering of marginalized communities. Shifting from the traditional landscape of policing lectures, this course will instead examine the origins, policies, practices of policing as it relates to the police of marginalized communities such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color), LGBTQ+, migrant, neurodiverse, unhoused, and those with intersecting identities.
In Part I, students will explore the origins of policing from the 1600s to 1950s—largely covering government sanctioned groups to curtail the rights of indigenous and enslaved peoples. In Part II, students will discover how courts, and the government, began to curtail police authority. Part III, students will review protections afforded to the police and how unlawful police practices, such as excessive use of force and violations of constitutional protections, leads to administrative discipline and the criminal prosecution of police. Lastly, students will review efforts to reimagine policing.
This course will be taught using a combination of materials, in class discussions, and reflections on recent and past policing incidents. Grading for this seminar will be a combination of class participation, assignments, and a final paper.
Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.
Criminal Law and Procedure Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of criminal law and procedure; Perform legal analysis in the context of criminal law and procedure; Communicate effectively on topics related to criminal law and procedure; Demonstrate an understanding of the role criminal law and procedure play in society and their impact on other areas of law and society.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Public Interest Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of public interest law; Perform legal analysis in the context of public interest law; Communicate effectively on topics related to public interest law; Demonstrate an understanding of how public interest law is connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Equity and Inclusion Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Perform legal analysis in the context of topics related to equity and inclusion; Communicate effectively on the legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Demonstrate an understanding of how equity and inclusion are connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Textbooks
"The Law of the Police" by Rachel Harmon |