society 2) racial differences in crime and violence, and 3) racial and ethnic
disparities in the justice ... The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity and Crime in
America.
CCJS670: RACE, CRIME, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE FALL 2013 What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind – then all the rest is prejudice, simply artificial terrors and there are no barriers and it's all as it should be. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment PROFESSOR Brian D. Johnson, Ph.D. 2220K LeFrak Hall Phone: (301) 405-4709 E-mail:
[email protected] OFFICE HOURS Tuesday 2:00-3:30 pm Wednesday 2:00-3:30pm By Appointment MEETING TIME Tuesday 4:00 – 6:45 LeFrak 1221 COURSE DESCRIPTION This course utilizes a variety of theoretical and empirical readings to examine three interconnected domains surrounding the intersection of race, crime, and criminal justice: 1) racial and ethnic relations in society 2) racial differences in crime and violence, and 3) racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system. It draws on social and legal research to examine the social construction of racial identity, the causes of racial differences in offending, and the consequences of race and ethnicity in criminal case processing. A variety of specific topics will be addressed, including sociological theories of racial and ethnic antagonism, racial and ethnic differences in violence, racial disparities in punishment such as the death penalty, and correctional problems surrounding the overrepresentation of minorities in American prisons. The goal of the course is to provide a foundation for critically assessing the often controversial issues surrounding race, ethnicity, crime, and criminal justice in society. COURSE EXPECTATIONS The course will rely heavily on student participation and student lead discussions of the material. Students will be expected to gain a deeper understanding of the fundamental role that race and ethnicity play in the social organization of society as well as their specific implications for the study of crime and criminal justice. In particular, students should be able to identify racial and ethnic differences in offending patterns and be able to account for them using relevant theoretical perspectives. Students will also gain familiarity with racial and ethnic disparities at a variety of stages of the criminal justice system and should be able to account for these disparities with current perspectives on criminal justice decision making. The ultimate goal of the course is to provide the student with background knowledge on the relationship between race/ethnicity, crime, and criminal justice, and to encourage them to think critically about the myriad ways that race/ethnicity, crime, and criminal justice are intertwined in modern society. COURSE READINGS:
Reading requirements for this course include several texts as well as a variety of academic articles published in scholarly journals. You are responsible for obtaining copies of the required texts. Journal articles will be made accessible for you to copy. Required Texts: Anderson, Elijah (2000). Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City. WW Norton & Comp. Kennedy, Randall (1998). Race, Crime & the Law. Vintage Publishing. Kotlowitz, Alex (1992). There Are No Children Here. Anchor Publishing. Mauer, Marc (2004). Race to Incarcerate. The Sentencing Project. Tonry, M. (2011). Punishing Race. New York: Oxford University Press. Walker, Spohn, & Delone (2007). The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America. (TCJ) Wadsworth Publishing, 2007 4rd Edition. Wilson, William Julius (1990). The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, IL. Suggested Readings and Excerpts: Mann and Zatz (1998). Images of Color, Images of Crime. Roxbury Publishing. Russell, Katheryn (1999). The Color of Crime. New York University Press. Hawkins, Darnell (1995). Ethnicity, Race, and Crime. New York University Press. Wilson, W.J. (1996) When Work Disappears. Vintage Books, New York. Kinder and Sanders (1997). Divided by Color. University of Chicago Press. Newman, K. (1999). No Shame in My Game. New York: Russell Sage Wilbanks. W. (1986). The Myth of a Racist Criminal Justice System. Wadsworth. Russell, Katheryn (2004). Underground Codes. New York University Press. Kozol, Jonathon. (1992). Savage Inequalities. Basic Books. Bell, Derrick. (1993). Faces at the Bottom of the Well. Basic Books. Sniderman & Piazza (1993). The Scar of Race. Harvard University Press. Reiman, Jeffery. (2004). The Rich Get Richer the Poor Get Prison. Pearson Press. COURSE GRADING Grades for this course will be determined by class participation in conjunction with several short writing assignments and one final paper which the student will present to the rest of the class. Students will be expected to write several short papers and they will be responsible for writing a final research paper and presenting it to the class. Each week, class discussion will be lead by a different student leader. Final grades will be assigned following this scale: Class Participation: Leading Discussion: Writing Assignments: Final Term Paper:
20% 25% 25% 30%
A AB+ B BC
93 or higher 90-92 87-89 83-86 80-82 70-79
(95) (91) (88) (85) (81) (75)
ONLINE COURSE MANAGEMENT Online course resources including the syllabus and course readings are available at elms.umd.edu. CLASS PARTICIPATION AND LEADING DISCUSSION
This course relies heavily on student participation and class discussion. Its success largely depends on student initiative to thoughtfully analyze readings and to come to class prepared to discuss their significance. You will receive one grade for your overall participation and effort in the class, which includes your attendance record and class preparedness each week. You should come ready to identify the key points of the readings and to critically assess their strengths and limitations. Students will also be responsible for leading the class discussion at least once during the semester. The goal of student led discussion is to introduce additional information on the week’s topic that is not covered by the readings and to give the students a more active role in guiding the direction of the class. Your grade as a discussion leader will be determined in part by the instructor and in part by your fellow classmates who will grade you on your ability to present new and interesting material and to solicit interesting discussion. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS Throughout the semester you will be asked to complete three short writing assignments that apply the weekly readings to larger issues in society. These assignments should be no longer than 3 pages in length and should rely on course readings and outside references to construct a thoughtful and cogent essay. Topics for the writing assignments are provided in the weekly schedule below. It is up to you to choose topics that are of greatest interest, although all students are required to turn in the weekly writing assignment for Week 5. If there are additional topics of interest not covered in the course syllabus, the student should approach the instructor for permission to write on any outside areas of interest. TERM PAPER AND CLASS PRESENTATION In addition to the short writing assignments, you will also be expected to write a final term paper on a substantive topic of your choice. This final paper should be between 15 and 20 pages and should be an in-depth treatment of an issue touched upon in class that is of personal interest to you. The final research paper can take various forms. It can be a research proposal that identifies an unanswered question and proposes a study to address it. It can be a theory paper that develops an innovative theoretical argument to explain some phenomenon surrounding the race crime nexus, or it can be an empirical paper that takes some existing data to conduct preliminary analyses. The goal of the term paper is to take a concept or idea that we discuss and expand it beyond the scope of what is covered in class. This will require you to do independent research on your topic so start early! A one page summary of the initial paper topic must be turned in and approved by the instructor by October 29th. Students will present the main ideas and insights from their research to the rest of the class (time permitting).
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Be certain to properly cite the work of other scholars when writing weekly assignments and especially in the construction of your final research paper. Failure to properly credit other works is akin to plagiarism and will be dealt with in accordance to the official printed policy of the University of Maryland.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES If you have a documented disability, please contact Professor Johnson by September, 10th 2013. WEEKLY READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS: Note: This is a tentative schedule subject to change. Additional readings/assignments may be given during the semester.
SECTION 1: RACIAL AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN SOCIETY Week 1: Sept 3rd Course Overview ”Is the notion of race ‘real’ -- or is it mythology? We make certain assumptions about people based on skin color. Is this some mass delusion we’re all participating in? ~David Henry Hwang Description of the Course Syllabus/Grading/Expectations Selection of Discussion and Snack Leaders based on Race/Crime Quiz Implicit Asscociation Test at www.understandingprejudice.org. Week 2: Sept 10th Racial Stratification and Group Conflict in Society The Socio-Historical Construction of Race The whole conception of ethnic groups is so complex and so vague that it might be good to ~Max Weber (1922) abandon it altogether. Racial Classification http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm Sorting People – “Begin Sorting” Lafree and Russel (1993). The Argument for Studying Race and Crime. JCJE 4(2). Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Justice. Pgs 5-13. Fredrickson, George (2003). “The Historical Construction of Race and Citizenship in the United States.” Paper presented to UNRISD. Pgs 1-11 and Conclusion. (www.unrisd.org) Rodriguez, C. (2000). “The Idea of Race.” In Changing Race. (recommended). Zatz and Rodriguez (2006). Conceptualizing Race and Ethnicity in Studies of Crime and Criminal Justice. Pgs 39-53 In The Many Colors of Crime (eds) (optional) Theories of Racial Group Interaction “The problem of the 20th Century is the problem of the colour line – the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men…” ~ W.E.B. Du Bois Racial Group Threat Theory Blumer, H. (1958). “Race prejudice as a sense of group position.” Pacific Sociological Review. 1:3-7. Bobo, L. (1999). “Prejudice as group position: Microfoundations of a sociological approach to racism and race relations.” Journal of Social Issues 55(3): 445-472. King and Wheelock. (2007). “Group Threat and Social Control…” Social Forces 95(3): 1255. The Psychology of Prejudice Allport, Gordon. (1954). The Nature of Prejudice. Chapter 16. The Effect of Contact. Pettigrew. (1998). Intergroup Contact Theory. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 49:65–85. (optional) Sniderman and Piazza (1993). The Scar of Race. Pgs 35-65. (recommended) Writing Assignment 1: What is racism? Are racial stratification and group conflict inevitable aspects of a multiracial society? Explain with reference to the social and biological roots of race and ethnicity in society. Week 3: Sept 17th African American Social Status in Society “Racism is [not] as powerful a force today as what it’s left in its wake – the cycle of cultural
poverty that gets perpetuated.” ~Shelby Steele Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
~Aristotle
Racial and Ethnic Social Status in Society Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Justice. Pgs 77-91. Wilson, W.J. (1987). The Truly Disadvantaged. Pgs 1-125. 125-164 (optional) Kotlowitz, Alex (1992). There Are No Children Here. (Begin Book) Furstenberg, F. (2001). “The Fading Dream: Prospects for Marriage in the Inner City.” In Anderson and Massey (Eds.) Problem of the Century. New York: Russell Sage. (recommended) Writing Assignment 2: Access the validity of Wilson’s argument for the emergence of a unique underclass of “truly” disadvantaged in today’s society. Which of his arguments do you agree and/or disagree with? Explain how his claims are applicable to the study of race and crime in society. Week 4: Sept. 24th – No Class – Teaching in China – Begin Working on Papers Week 5: Oct 1st Racial Politics in America “Running through much popular commentary on race and politics in America today is a kind of weariness and pessimism, a reflection, perhaps, of the complexity and enormity of the problems facing the country” ~ Donald Kinder The Politics of Racism Bell, Derrick (1992). “The Space Traders,” in Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism. Basic Books. Pgs. 158-194. Kennedy, R. (1997) Race, Crime, and the Law. Chapter 1. Politics of Respectability Mauer, Marc. (2003). Race to Incarcerate. Chpt. 10. (optional) Kotlowitz, Alex (1992). There Are No Children Here. (Continue Reading) Race, Media and Public Opinion Kinder and Sanders. Divided by Color. Pgs. 12-34, 163-74, 192-198, 229-258. Chambliss, William. 1995. Crime Control and Ethnic Minorities Racial Oppression and Moral Panics. Chpt 11. in Hawkins Ethnicity, Race and Crime. Chiricos, Ted et al. (2004). Racial Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Measures. Criminology 42(2): 359. Chiricos and Eschholz (2002). “The Racial and Ethnic Typification of Crime and the Criminal Typification of Race and Ethnicity in Local Television News” JRCD 39(4):400-420. (recommended) Writing Assignment 3: Why is American public opinion split along racial/ethnic lines? What role do politics play in shaping racial policies and what role do racial policies play in shaping public opinion? SECTION 2: RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN CRIME AND CRIMINALITY There is nothing more painful to me than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start
thinking about robbery, then to look around and see someone white and feel relieved. ~ Reverend Jesse Jackson th Week 6: Oct 8 Racial Difference in Offending and Victimization Statistics? You can prove anything with statistics – 14% of people know that. ~ Homer J. Simpson Self-Reports and Official Data Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Justice. Chapter 2. Hindelang, Michael. (1978). Race and involvement in common law personal crimes. American Sociological Review 43:93-109. Hindelang, Hirschi, and Weis (1979). “Correlates of Delinquency: The Illusion of Discrepency between Self-Report and Official Measures” ASR (recommended) Elliott, D. and S. Ageton (1980). “Reconciling Race and Class Differences in Self-Reported and Official Estimates of Delinquency.” American Sociological Review 45: 95-110. Mosher, Miethe, and Phillips (2002). The Mismeasure of Crime. Sage Publications. Chpt 2-5 Blumstein, A. (1982). “On the Racial Disproportionality of U.S. Prison Populations.” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 73: 1259-81. Steffensmeier et al. (2011). Reassessing Trends in Black Violent Crime. Criminology 49(1): Racial Patterns in Crime Trends and Victimization Rennison, Callie (2001). Violent Victimization and Race. BJS Berg et al. (2012). Victim-Offender Overlap in Context. Criminology 50(2): 359-390. (recommended) Writing Assignment 4: Collect and examine data from either the Uniform Crime Reports or the National Crime Victimization Survey and analyze racial and ethnic differences in offending. What can you conclude about the association of race with different types of offenses? Week 7: Oct. 15th Exploring Racial Differences in Crime It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society ~Martin Luther King Jr. Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Justice. Pgs. 92-102. Kotlowitz (1991). There Are No Children Here. Finish Book (at least first 150 pages) Sampson and Wilson (1995). “Toward a Theory of Race, Crime and Urban Inequality.” In Anderson and Massey (Eds.) Problem of the Century. New York: Russell Sage Anderson (1999). The Code of the Street. Pgs 15-141 (rest of book optional) Kubrin, Charis. 2005. Gangstas, Thugs and Hustlas. Social Problems 52(3): 360-378. Eitle & Turner 2003. Stress Exposure, Race and Young Adult Male Crime Soc Quart 44: 243-69. Peeples and Loeber (1994). Do Individual Factors and Neighborhood Context Explain Ethnic Differences in Juvenile Delinquency? JQC 10(2): 141. Writing Assignment 5: Provide a critical analysis of Anderson’s work and discuss how his perspective complements and contradicts other theoretical explanations of the relationship between race and crime. Week 8: Oct. 22nd Race, Ethnicity and Violence “Violence shapes and obsesses our society.” ~ Edward Bond
Exploring Racial Differences in Violence Hawkins, Laub, Lauritsen. 1998. Race, Ethnicity and Serious Juvenile Offending. In Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders. (Eds) Loeber and Farrington. Sage Publications. Sampson and Lauritsen. 1994. Violent Victimization and Offending: Individual, Situation and Community Level Risk Factors. In Understanding and Preventing Violence. Reiss and Roth (Eds). Empirical Studies of Race, Ethnicity and Violence McNulty and Bellair (2003). “Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Serious Adolescent Violent Behavior” Criminology 41(3): 709. Sampson, R. (1987). Urban Black Violence: The effect of male joblessness and family disruption.” AJS 93: 348-82. Sampson, Raudenbush, and Earls 1997 Neighborhoods and Violent Crime. Science. Cao et al. (1997). A Test of the Black Subculture of Violence Thesis. Criminology 35(2): 367. Stewart and Simons. (2010). Race, Code of the Street and Violent Delinquency. Criminology Haynie and Payne. (2007). Race, Friendship Networks and Violent Delinquency. Criminology 44(4): 775. (recommended) Martinez, Ramiro. (2002). Latino Homicide. Chpts. 1, 2. Writing Assignment 6: How do racial and ethnic differences in criminal behavior compare to racial and ethnic differences in violence? How might you explain this difference? Is it cultural, structural or both? Week 9: Oct. 29th Beyond the Black/White Dichotomy “This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again.” -- James Baldwin Immigration and Crime Martinez and Lee (2001) On Immigration and Crime. In The Nature of Crime: Continuity and Change. NIJ. Pgs. 485-504 and Conclusion. Ousey and Kubrin. 2009. The Connection between Immigration and Violent Crime Rates. Social Problems 56(3): 447-473. Asians, Native Americans and Hispanic Groups Portes, A. & Zhou, M. (1993). "The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilatition and its Variants." Annals, AAPSS, 530, 74-96. Zhou, M. (2000). "Social Capital in Chinatown." In Contemporary Asian America: A Multidisciplinary Reader. New York: New York University Press. Valdez, A. (1993). “Persistent Poverty, Crime, and Drugs…” In The Barrios. Pgs. 173-194. Leman (1991). “The Other Underclass” Atlantic Monthly Russel, Katheryn. 2004. “American Indians and Crime” Chpt 2. Underground Codes. NYU Press.
Writing Assignment 7: Identify and critically analyze 1 empirical study of Asians or Native Americans not covered in class. SECTION 3: RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESSING
Week 10: Nov. 5th Racial Perceptions and Disparities in Crime and Justice A crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit ~ Freda Adler With reason, African Americans tend to grow up believing that the law is the enemy ~ Brent Staples Overviews of Criminal Justice Disparities Tonry (2011). Punishing Race. Chapters 1-4. (Chapters 5 and 6 optional) Sampson, R. and J. Lauritsen (1997). “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Crime and Criminal Justice in the United States.” In Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration Vol. 21, pp. 311-374. University of Chicago. Engen, Steen and Bridges. (2002). “Racial Disparities in the Punishment of Youth: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of the Literature.” Social Problems 49(2): 194-221. Crutchfield et al. 2010. How much Disparity is Too Much? JCCL 100(3): 903-932. (optional) Staats. (2013). Implicit Bias Review 2013: Chapter 6: Implicit Bias in Criminal Justice. Kirwan Institute. Racial Perceptions of Crime and Justice Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Justice. Pgs. 16-24. Hagan, J., Shedd, C., & Payne, M. R. (2005). Race, ethnicity, and youth perceptions of injustice. American Sociological Review, 70, 381−407. Hurwitz and Peffley. 2005. Explaining the Great Racial Divide: Perceptions of Fairness in the US Criminal Justice System. Journal of Politics 67: 762-783. (recommended)
The War on Drugs “Working class addiction to crack (cocaine) is a crime. But, middle- and upper-class addiction to drugs or alcohol is a disease. " ~Sabina Virgo Mauer, Marc. (2002). Race to Incarcerate. Chpt. 8 (recommended) Randall Kennedy (1997). Race, Crime and the Law. Chapter 10 (recommended) Writing Assignment 8: What is “implicit bias” and how might it contribute to racial disparities in different stages of the criminal justice system? How does this perspective dovetail with other mainstream theoretical arguments in criminal justice to explain potential racial differences in criminal case processing?
Week 11: Nov. 12th Racial Disparities in Policing Policing Minority Populations ”For the middle class, the police protect property, give directions, and help old ladies. For the
urban poor, the police are those who arrest you.” ~Michael Harrington Police, Minority Relations and Racial Profiling Randall Kennedy (1997). Race, Crime and the Law. Chapter 4. Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Justice. Pgs. 106-137. Doug Smith et al. (1984). “Equity and discretionary justice: the influence of race on police arrest decisions.” Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology. 75(1): 234-249. Beckett et al. (2006). Race, Drugs and Policing: Understanding Disparities in Drug Delivery Arrests. Criminology 44(1): 105-137. Ludman and Kaufman (2002). “Driving While Black: Effects of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender on Citizen Self-Reports of Traffic Stops and Police Actions” Warren et al. (2006). Drivine While Black: Bias Processes and Racial Disparity in Police Stops. Criminology 44(3): 709-738. Stewart et al. (2009). Neighborhood Racial Context and Discrimination. Criminology 47(3): 847-87. Antonovics and Knight. (2009). A New Look at Racial Profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department. Review of Economics and Statistics 91(1): 163-177. (recommended) Writing Assignment 9: Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of current research on race/ethnicity in policing. What do you see as the future of research in this area? Week 12: Nov. 19th No Class – ASC Meetings – Continue Working on Papers Week 13: Nov. 26th Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prosecution and Sentencing Overviews of Sentencing Disparity Zatz, M (2000). “The Convergence of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class” NIJ. (recommended) Zatz, M. (1987). The Changing Forms of Racial/Ethnic Bias in Sentencing. JRCD 24(1). 1987. Race and Sentencing Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Justice. Pgs. 167-194. Spohn et al. 1987. Impact of Ethnicity and Gender on Decision to Reject Charges. Criminology Albonetti (1991). “An Integration of Theories to Explain Judicial Discretion.” Social Problems 38: 247-66. Bridges, G. & Steen, S. (1998). "Racial Disparities in Official Assessments of Juvenile Offenders: Attributional Stereotypes as Mediating Mechanisms." ASR 63: 554-570. Steffensmeier, D., J. Ulmer, and J. Kramer (1998). “The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Age in Criminal Sentencing…” Criminology 36(4). Johnson and Betsinger (2009). Punishing the ‘Model Minority’ Criminology 47(4): 1045-1090. Johnson et al. (2011). Ethnic Threat and Social Control. Criminology 49(2): 401-441. Stolzenberg & D’Alessio (2013). Race & Cumul. Disadvantage. Race & Justice (recommended) Tonry (1995). Malign Neglect. Chpts 4-6. Writing Assignment 7: Are racial disparities in sentencing necessarily the result of prejudice and discrimination on the part of judges and other court actors? Why or why not? Explain. Week 14: Dec. 3rd Penology and Corrections “While there is [still] a soul in prison, I am not free.” ~ Eugene Victor Debs
“Penology…has become torture and foolishness, a waste of money and a cause of crime…a blotting out of sight and heightening of social anxiety.” ~ Paul Goodman Race/Ethnicity, Imprisonment and Mass Incarceration Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Crime. Chapt 9 (optional) BJS (2003). Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001. Marc Mauer 2003. (2004). Race to Incarcerate. Chpts 1-3 and Chpts 7. Chpts 4-6 optional. Alexander, Michelle. (2012). The New Jim Crow. Chapter 1. Loic Wacquant, “Deadly Symbiosis: When Ghetto and Prison Meet and Mesh,” Punishment and Society (2000). (recommended) Empirical Studies of Race and the Prison Harer and Steffensmeier (1996). “Race and Prison Violence.” Criminology. 34(3): 323-55. Keen and Jacobs. 2009. Racial Threat, Partisan Politics and Racial Disparities in Prison Admissions: A Panel Analysis. Criminology 47(1): 209. Blumstein and Beck (1999) “Population Growth in U.S. Prisons” In Crime and Justice Vol. 26. Huebner & Bynum. 2009. The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Parole. Criminology 46(4): 907. Rose and Clear (1998) Social Disorganization and Incarceration… Criminology (recommended) Race and the Death Penalty ”Let us call [capital punishment] by the name which, for lack of any other nobility, will at least give the nobility of truth, and let us recognize it for what it essentially is: a revenge.” ~Albert Camus Walker et al. (2007). The Color of Crime. Chapt 8 (optional) Baldus and Woodworth (2003). "Race Discrimination in the Administration of the Death Penalty" Criminal Law Bulletin 39(2): 194-227. Unnever and Cullen. (2007). Reassessing the Racial Divide in Support for Capital Punishment. JRCD 44(1): 124. Kennedy, R. (1997). Race, Crime and the Law. Chpt. 9. (recommended) Week 15: Dec. 10th Student Presentations and Final Paper Due
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