Describe how an understanding of history is important for making sense of contemporary issues of crime, policing, or incarceration.

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2. Compare and contrast the way Foucault approached the discourses that shape incarceration or policing, with how one or more of our other authors approached them.
3. Describe and evaluate a critique of the “objectivity” (NOT “objectives,” but objectivity) of institutions or discourses of criminal justice found in one or more of our course texts.
4. Describe how an understanding of history is important for making sense of contemporary issues of crime, policing, or incarceration. Be specific about what history is needed to understand the issues you identify and why! Evaluate whether one of the authors (of your choice) draw on or present this history effectively.
5. Describe how one or more of the texts relates the idea of “publics” or “transparency” to the criminal justice system, and evaluate the relevance of these arguments for social movements focusd on criminal justice reform and/or racial justice.