The class will be organized in seminar format, with groups of two or three
presenting course material and supplemental information on their chosen
topic according the the schedule below. We will sign up the first night
of class. Presentation format will be covered in class in the first few
meetings, but here are the BROAD INSTRUCTIONS:
Week 1
1: Welch - Punishment in America
GUIDING QUESTION: Prisons: Who needs them?
READINGS: (History of prisons/18th century)
Jeremy Bentham
John Howard
Discussion questions
Week 2
Foucault - DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH Discussion Questions
Guiding Question: What is the "techonology of punishment" guiding the carceral
Week 3
Foucault (Con't)
Readings: Lorna Rhodes: "Toward an Anthropology of Prisons" (coming)
Week 4
Jacobs - Stateville
Guiding Questions
Week 5
Jacobs (con't)
A short paper on prisoner litigation
Some facts/figures
The Hanson report/data
Week 6
Martin/Sussman (Committing Journalism)
Peter Sussman Article #1
Peter Sussman Article #2
Week 7
Handouts / Prison Culture
Readings on prison culture and women's prisons
Jim Thomas
Week 8
Reiman (Poor get Prison)
Lehrer - The Left and Prisons
Jim Thomas
Week 9
Reiman, Con't Handouts and related material
Week 10
Petrisilia - Release and Reintegration
Week 11
Sullivan/Tifft - Restorative Justice
Peace-making Criminology
Week 12
TBA
Week 13
TBA
Week 14
Kleinmann - Opposing Ambitions
Week 15 (Final exam)
Presentation and defense of final papers (in groups)
(FINAL PAPERS DUE)
About the Instructor
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