SOCI - 345. Punishment and Society

3 credit(s)
Punishment and Society: Incarceration and Death Penalty is an inquiry into punishment and penal institutions. Students will be introduced to theoretical approaches in penalty. Focusing on hyper mass incarceration and the death penalty, students will examine questions like: How does penalization occur across social divisions of race, class, gender, ethnicity, nationality? What is the connection between class control and penal regimes? How do we explain death penalty in the age of abolition?

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 OR SOCI 120 OR SOCI 130.
Attribute: ARTS, JMN, MULT