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CJ 338 - Prisons and Corrections in Society

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

Situates the prison and the correctional system within the processes of the American and comparative criminal justice structures, exploring the historical development of the prison and imprisonment within changing legal, political, and religious definitions of crime and punishment. Questions regarding political legitimacy, coercive power, and the processes of socialization and adaptation within the prison and the wider correctional system are explored, as well as the administrative relationships between the correctional system and other political and socio-economic structures. The course includes field trips to correctional institutions. Offered in alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): None.


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