Assignments, CRLJ 355 - Corrections - Fall, 2010
NOTE: The chapters are not always SEQUENTIAL and we might be reading
some of them "out of order." Also note that the dates below (except for
exam dates) are approximate because of prison field trips.
AUGUST 26
Introduction to the Course
Chapter 1 (The Corrections System)
Chapter 19 (Race and Ethnicity)(We do this chapter early)
(NOTE: READ THIS AT THE START OF THE SEMESTER, BECAUSE
WE WILL RETURN TO IT THROUGHOUT!)
SEPTEMBER 2
Chapter 2 (philosophy of punishment)
Introduction to correctional standards
SEPTEMBER 9
Chapter 2 (Back to: Philosophy of punishment and early history)
Chapter 3 (history)
SEPTEMBER 16
Chapter 3 (history, conclude)
Chapter 4 (Punishment of Offenders)
SEPTEMBER 23
Chapter 5 (The Law of Corrections - Prisoner Litigation)
SEPTEMBER 30
Chapter 6 (The Correctional Client)
Chapter 7 (Jails)
Chapter 8 (Probation)
OCTOBER 7
Chapter 9 (Intermediate Sanctions)
Chapter 10 (Incarceration)
OCTOBER 14
Chapter 11 (The Prison Experience)
OCTOBER 21
Chapter 12 (Women in Prison)
OCTOBER 28
**MIDTERM EXAM**
NOVEMBER 4
Chapter 14 (Prison Programs)
NOVEMBER 11
Chapters 15 & 16 (Release and "making it")
Chapter 17 (Juvenile Corrections)
Cain's Redemption (recommended reading)
NOVEMBER 18
Chapter 18 (Incarceration Trends)
Chapter 21 (Surveillance and Control in the community)
Chapter 22 (Community Justice)
NOVEMBER 25
THANKSGIVING - no class
DECEMBER 2
Chapter 20 (Capital Punishment)
Final papers due
DECEMBER 9
FINAL EXAM: Thursday, December 9: 1 to 3 pm (CHECK TO VERIFY)
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