POLSCI 109CNS
Police, Prisons and Politics
Adriane Stewart Fresh
Description from DukeHub
Considers policing and prisons through the lens of political science with a focus on the contemporary United States. Topics include the behavior of the police, the participatory consequences of carceral contact, and the geographic distribution of prison populations and their affect on democratic representation. Students acquire factual knowledge about policing and prisons, analytic skills to understand and evaluate political explanations for police and prison phenomena, and general knowledge of frameworks about democratic participation, accountability, bureaucratic performance, representation and policy feedback.
Skills
- public speakingdescription: "representation" and 1 more
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "accountability"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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