Bulletin - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice - CUNY
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Courses <strong>Of</strong>fered<br />
AAJ 229 Restoring <strong>Justice</strong>: Making Peace and<br />
Resolving Conflict<br />
3 hours, 3 credits<br />
This course will focus on examples of restorative justice from Africa<br />
and the Pacific Islands, a seldom-considered part of the African<br />
Diaspora. To that end, this course will explore how an African<br />
philosophy of “ubuntu” (or “humanity towards others”) influences<br />
Africa’s notions of justice, community and suffering. Comparisons<br />
will be drawn with traditional western views of restorative justice.<br />
Unlike the traditional justice system found in the U.S. and in other<br />
parts of the world that focus on punishing criminal behavior,<br />
restorative justice mirrors the way that disputes are settled in tribes<br />
— offenders make amends not only to victims but their communities.<br />
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing or above<br />
AAJ 230 Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the<br />
Caribbean (Same course as LLS 230)<br />
3 hours, 3 credits<br />
This course will examine crime in the Caribbean with a particular<br />
focus on the differences and similarities among the Spanish-,<br />
English-, French- and Dutch-speaking nations of the Caribbean<br />
region. The course will study the trends in crime in the Caribbean<br />
from a comparative perspective, and the methods employed by<br />
various individual nations to help diminish crime and delinquency.<br />
The specific topics to be studied include political crime and offenses,<br />
political corruption, drug dealing and trafficking, juvenile<br />
delinquency, domestic violence and sexual assault in the Caribbean.<br />
This course can be used to satisfy requirements for the International<br />
<strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Justice</strong> major.<br />
Prerequisite: ENG 101<br />
AAL 223 African-American Literature<br />
(Same course as LIT 223)<br />
3 hours, 3 credits<br />
A study of the writing of African Americans from colonial times to<br />
the present, with special attention to influential African-American<br />
writers such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Toomer, Hughes, Wright, Brooks,<br />
Ellison, Baldwin, Baraka and Malcolm X. Readings in novels, plays,<br />
autobiographies, short stories, poems, folktales and essays will<br />
explore a wide range of African-American aesthetic responses to life<br />
in the United States.<br />
Prerequisites: ENG 101, and ENG 102 or ENG 201<br />
AAL 340 The African-American Experience in<br />
America: Comparative Racial Perspectives<br />
(Same course as LIT 340)<br />
3 hours, 3 credits<br />
An examination of African-American life through the works of both<br />
African-American and white writers. The course will look at the<br />
inter-relationships and differences between African-American and<br />
white perspectives. Authors such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Melville,<br />
Wright, Baldwin, Mark Twain, Faulkner, Ellison, Welty and Baraka<br />
will be read.<br />
Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT<br />
233<br />
AAP 129 The Psychology of the African-American<br />
Experience (Same course as PSY 129)<br />
3 hours, 3 credits<br />
Survey and critique of the major theoretical perspectives on African-<br />
American psychological development. Overview of the<br />
psychological experience of African-Americans, particularly those<br />
responses that foster sound psychological functioning despite<br />
oppressive or distorting social feedback. Application of<br />
psychological concepts and principles to the African-American<br />
experience.<br />
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