Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 17.908 (Spring 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Reading Seminar in Social Science: Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Political Science 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Malick Ghachem 
• Course Introduction:
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  17.908 Reading Seminar in Social Science: Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  17.908 Reading Seminar in Social Science: Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  

  Roadside sign at the U.S.-Mexico border. One of the topics covered in this course is illegal immigration. (Image courtesy of Steev Hise.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course surveys the relationship between race and crime in the United States, with a special emphasis on the role this relationship has played in the development of American ideas about citizenship and nationhood.
  
  

  Recommended Citation

  
  
  

  For any use or distribution of these materials, please cite as follows:

  Malick Ghachem, course materials for 17.908 Reading Seminar in Social Science: Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law, Spring 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu/), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].