The essay geekIn fact the way I view inequality and teach this class is to make you aware of the intersections of class with all other ine

the Kotlowitz book focuses on racial inequality while it also focuses on class.  In fact the way I view inequality and teach this class is to make you aware of the intersections of class with all other inequalities discussed.  Example:  If you are old and upper middle class you will certainly experience ageism.  But ageism you experience will be different than ageism an older working poor person experiences.  Your education wealth and former professional status will give you some padding and protection.  So the lecture for Week 12 is about spouse/partner abuse & family violence.  In this Chambers Reading (pp. 167-200) (Chapter 12 & 13) we are immersed in the results of spouse or partner violence complicated by poverty and drugs especially the opioid crisis.  Many of you in this class will be dealing with the results of the opioid crisis in your work either directly in criminal justice through counseling or through the law.  Federal law enforcement in the Border Patrol Customs agents DEA  & ATF have in the last few years reduced the amount of fentanyl coming from China and through Mexico the main pathways. Question 1:  After you have read please write a summary of Susie’s life (Aunt Ruth’s step-granddaughter).  At the end write one sentence saying what you think the connection is between poverty and drug abuse.Question 2:  Summarize the problems Cassie encounters trying to help poverty-stricken women through the courts in Eastern Kentucky. Mar 28 2021