Assignments, Sociology 388 - Spring, 2013

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. 

JANUARY

 15   Introduction to the Course
 17   Chapter 1 (The Correctional System)

 22   Chapter 2 (philosophy of punishment)
      Chapter 3 (History of prisons in the US)
 24   Chapter 3 (con't) - History of prisons

 29   ***NO CLASS - Conference on Corrections
 31   Chapter 19 (Race and Ethnicity)(We do this chapter early)


FEBRUARY

  5   Chapter 2 (Back to: Philosophy of punishment and early history)
  7   Chapter 3 (history, Con't))

 12   Catch-up/Review       
 14   Chapter 4  (Punishment of Offenders)

 19   Chapter 5 (The  Law of Corrections - Prisoner Litigation)
 21   Chapter 6 (The Correctional Client)

 26  Chapter 7 (Jails)
 28  Chapter 8  (Probation)

MARCH

  5   Chapter 9 (Intermediate Sanctions) 4   Chapter 10 (Incarceration)  
  7   **MIDTERM EXAM**

 12 & 14   SPRING BREAK

 19  Chapter 11 (The prison Experience) (return midterms)
 21  Chapter 11 (con't)

 26  Chapter 12 (Women in Prison)
 28  Chapter 12 (con't)

APRIL

  2  Chapter 13 (Institutional Management)
  4  Chapter 14 (Prison Programs)

  9  Chapters 15 & 16 (Release and "making it")
 11  TBA 

 16 Chapter 17 (Juvenile Corrections) (SKIM ONLY)
    Chapter 18 (Incarceration Trends)
 18 Chapter 19 (Race in prison) (Review)      

 23  Chapter 20 (Capital Punishment) **FINAL PAPERS DUE**
 25  Chapter 20 (Con't)

 30  Chapter 21 (Surveillance and Control in the community) & 
     Chapter 22 (Community Justice) 

MAY
  2  Chapter 23 (Looking forward) **FINAL PAPERS DUE**


  7  FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, May 7 - 2 pm