Assignments, SOCI 687 - Prisons
Here is the presentation list. Here are the presentation GUIDELINES
SEPTEMBER 2
--Foucault (instructor intro - Skim book, then review)
SEPTEMBER 9
--Foucault (Group presentation)
Re-read Foucault more carefully
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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