Assignments, CRLJ 355 - Corrections
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 28
Introduction to the Course
Chapter 1 (The Corrections System)
SEPTEMBER 4
Chapter 2 (philosophy of punishment)
Chapter 19 (Race and Ethnicity)(We do this chapter early)
SEPTEMBER 11
Chapter 2 (Back to: Philosophy of punishment and early history)
Chapter 3 (history)
SEPTEMBER 18
Chapter 3 (histroy, conclude)
Chapter 4 (Punishment of Offenders)
SEPTEMBER 25
Chapter 5 (The Law of Corrections - Prisoner Litigation)
OCTOBER 2
Chapter 6 (The Correctional Client)
Chapter 7 (Jails)
Chapter 8 (Probation)
OCTOBER 9
Chapter 9 (Intermediate Sanctions)
Chapter 10 (Incarceration)
OCTOBER 16
Chapter 11 (The Prison Experience)
OCTOBER 23
**MIDTERM EXAM**
OCTOBER 30
Chapter 12 (Women in Prison)
NOVEMBER 6
Chapter 14 (Prison Programs)
Cain's Redemption (recommended reading)
NOVEMBER 13
Chapters 15 & 16 (Release and "making it")
Chapter 17 (Juvenile Corrections)
NOVEMBER 20
Chapter 18 (Incarceration Trends)
Chapter 21 (Surveillance and Control in the community)
Chapter 22 (Community Justice)
NOVEMBER 27
THANKSGIVING - no class
DECEMBER 4
Chapter 20 (Capital Punishment)
DECEMBER 11
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, December 11
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