SOC 4105 is also offered in Fall 2024
SOC 4105 is also offered in Spring 2023
Spring 2014 | SOC 4105 Section 001: Sociology of Punishment and Corrections (66605)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 230
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Correctional strategies such as prison, probation, and parole. Theories/structures of diversion, probation, parole, and other community corrections programs. U.S. penal policies/practices compared with those in other countries.
- Class Description:
- This course is an in-depth sociological analysis of U.S. penal institutions and their role in society. We examine the origins, functions, and effects of the U.S. system of mass incarceration and its role in reshaping contemporary patterns of inequality and racial stratification. Other highlighted topics include women's imprisonment, community corrections, prison guards' unions, felony disenfranchisement, and the death penalty. The class will focus particular attention on Michelle Alexander's "New Jim Crow" book, which argues that the carceral system functions as a modern-day Jim Crow system of racial control. This book has received a record amount of popular attention and is the center of important policy debates today. We will also watch a series of documentaries, or "video ethnographies," to explore the lived experiences of people in the criminal justice system
- Grading:
- 30% Final Exam
70% Quizzes Other Grading Information: Reading quizzes and short memos (70%) and final take-home exam (30%).
- Exam Format:
- Multiple choice, short answer, memos, and take-home essay exam.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 60-100 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66605/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2013
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2014 Sociology Classes Taught by Michelle Phelps