Assignments, SOCI 687 - 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. 

Here are some  guidelines for group
presentations.

AUGUST 26
  --Intro to the class (Instructor)
  --History of prisons

SEPTEMBER 2 
  --Foucault  (instructor intro)

SEPTEMBER 9 
  --Foucault  (Group presentation)

SEPTEMBER 16
  --History of prisons (group presentation--the group will provide readings))

SEPTEMBER 23
   --Michael Welch - Punishment in America (group presentation)

SEPTEMBER 30
   --Summary of what we learned and Intro to Jacobs (instructor)

OCTOBER 7
  --Jacobs - Stateville (group presentation)

OCTOBER 14
  --Women in prison (group presentation - the group will provide readings)

OCTOBER 21 
   NO CLASS 

OCTOBER 28
  --Life in prison (group presentation--the group will provide readings)
   
NOVEMBER 4
  --Prison Programs (group presentation - group will provide readings)
  --Faith Based prison programming - does it work?

NOVEMBER 11
  --Reiman - Rich get Richer (group presentation)

NOVEMBER 18
   Re-entry: Petersilia (group presentation)

NOVEMBER 25 
   Sullivan and Tifft - Restorative Justice (group presenation))

DECEMBER 4
   Kafka and Camus -- (group presentation)
   (key topic: "What's it have to do with the class?")

DECEMBER 11
  FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, December  11

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