GOVT 3141 Prisons

Course description

The United States stands alone among Western, industrialized countries with its persistent, high rates of incarceration, long sentences, and continued use of the death penalty. This “American exceptionalism” – the turn to mass incarceration – has been fostered by the use of sharply-delineated categories that define vast numbers of people as outlaws and others as law-abiding. These categories that are based on ideas of personal responsibility and assumptions about race are modified somewhat by a liberal commitment to human rights. Our purpose in this course is to understand how such ideas have taken root and to locate the consequences of these ideas for policy and practice.

Previously offered classes

Winter 2023: Online course

Section ID:	GOVT 3141 001-LEC
Number:	1122
Session:	3-week Winter session
Class dates:	January 3-20, 2023
Final exam/project due:	Friday January 20, 11:59 PM (see Final exams)
Time / room:
Mode of instruction:	Online (async)
Credit:	4
Grade:	Student option
Instructor:	Saleh, M. (mcs378)
Min. enroll:	6
Max. enroll:	17
Related:	Cross-listed with AMST 3141 001-LEC
To enroll:	Enrollment for this class is closed. See Online Learning FAQs.

Summer 2023: Online course

Section ID:	GOVT 3141 001-LEC
Number:	1248
Session:	Summer 3-week 1
Class dates:	May 30-June 16, 2023
Final exam/project due:	Friday June 16, 11:59 PM (see Final exams)
Time / room:
Mode of instruction:	Online (async)
Credit:	4
Grade:	Student option
Instructor:	Saleh, M. (mcs378)
Max. enroll:	18
Related:	Cross-listed with AMST 3141 001-LEC
To enroll:	Enrollment for this class is closed. See Online Learning FAQs.