Discipline: Sociology

Racial Disparities in Mental Health Treatment within the Criminal Justice System: Examining Whether Individuals from Marginalized Racial Groups Receive Different Levels of Mental Health Care within the Justice SystemRacial Disparities in Mental Health Treatment within the Criminal Justice System: Examining Whether Individuals from Marginalized Racial Groups Receive Different Levels of Mental Health Care within the Justice System

Should be 4 pages not including title page and reference page. Needs to be in APA format (please utilize the Purdue owl website for feedback on this style), double spaced, Times New Roman font size 12, and utilize 3 peer reviewed articles. Peer reviewed articles that need to be used are attached. Topic is Racial Disparities […]

Carving Out Spaces: The Intersection of Activism, Art, and Urban Identity Among African YouthCarving Out Spaces: The Intersection of Activism, Art, and Urban Identity Among African Youth

How do urban youth in Africa use activism, art, and cultural expressions to carve out spaces of belonging and resist socio-political marginalization in their cities, as demonstrated in the contexts of Kenya, Congo, Senegal, and Sudan? Use the sources given to you ONLY! Hook: Begin with an engaging statement or question about the power of […]

thomas Vander Ven’s book Getting Wasted: Why College Students Drink Too Much and Part So Hard Reviewthomas Vander Ven’s book Getting Wasted: Why College Students Drink Too Much and Part So Hard Review

Your first assignment required you to produce a five page review of Thomas Vander Ven’s book Getting Wasted: Why College Students Drink Too Much and Part So Hard. Reviews should offer a thoughtful critique and analysis of the book and what you think are its significant sociological contributions. A mere summary is not sufficient. Reviews should […]

YouTube Film Review: Black Customer Racially Profiled in High End Store | What Would You Do? | WWYDYouTube Film Review: Black Customer Racially Profiled in High End Store | What Would You Do? | WWYD

For this assignment, I want you to connect the film about Black men accused of shoplifting to the topic Policing the Crisis. In your response, reflect on how the youtube presentation shows the ways Black men are stereotyped and criminalized, similar to the public panic and media portrayal discussed in Policing the Crisis. Consider how […]

“Anything Can Happen With Police Around”: Urban Youth Evaluate Strategies of Surveillance in Public Places Due: Sat Sep 28, 2024 11:59pm9/28/2024“Anything Can Happen With Police Around”: Urban Youth Evaluate Strategies of Surveillance in Public Places Due: Sat Sep 28, 2024 11:59pm9/28/2024

For this assignment, you will read the article about how police practices affect African American and Latino communities in New York City, especially with stop-and-frisk and other forms of surveillance. You will connect this to Stuart Hall’s Policing the Crisis by thinking about how both the article and Hall’s work show the ways marginalized communities […]

Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of colorPolice surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of color

In this assignment, you will respond to the article that explores how surveillance technologies, such as facial recognition, disproportionately affect communities of color, deepening existing societal biases in law enforcement. Drawing connections to Policing the Crisis, reflect on how these modern surveillance practices mirror the systemic inequalities, particularly the ways marginalized communities are subject to […]

Q1: To what extent are there universal principles of good governance and a national responsibility to promote well-being?Q1: To what extent are there universal principles of good governance and a national responsibility to promote well-being?

SEMINAR: Society and Government Guidance The objectives for this seminar are to: • Identify the factors that can contribute to “good governance” in the contemporary context; • Analyse the relationship between interests, levers of power and systems of government and what a government should/can do for its people; • Examine the concept of “well-being” and […]

Analytic Memo #1 – Analyzing Social Interaction and Inequalities in a Public SpaceAnalytic Memo #1 – Analyzing Social Interaction and Inequalities in a Public Space

In this module, we have considered how behavior in public spaces are governed by unwritten rules and norms. On the discussion board, you drew on the ideas of Jane Jacobs to analyze how the social and built environment shape the patterns of behavior and interaction in a local public space of your choosing. Subsequently, we […]

How has your family’s background contributed to your educational opportunitiesHow has your family’s background contributed to your educational opportunities

  Ballantine & Spade (2015) Hunter (2019) Khan – Newspaper article 1 and 2 Jansen & Kriger e-book Lewis-McCoy (2014) Jansen & Kriger e-book Lareau (2015) Reading 1 – Naicker, Berry, Drysdale, Makusha, & Richter (2022) – here Reading 2 – Helman & Ratele (2016) – here Reading 3 – Lareau (2002) – here Reading […]

Social Effects of Gentrification: How does gentrification impact the local communities in terms of displacement, economic opportunities, and cultural shifts?Social Effects of Gentrification: How does gentrification impact the local communities in terms of displacement, economic opportunities, and cultural shifts?

Activity Overview: Objective: Each person will design a sociological research study and answer the questions below. It does not need to be in paragraph format, you can just respond to the bullets with one or two sentences. What is your hypothesis based on your research question? What are the independent and dependent variables of your […]