Mass Incarceration

Instructor:
Tony Love
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Credits:
3.0
001
Building:
Whitehall Classroom Bldg
Room:
Rm.238
Semester:
Spring 2023
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
Mass Incarceration
Requisites:

Prereq: Six hours of social science or consent of instructor.

Class Type:
LEC
12:00 pm
12:50 pm
Days:
MWF
Note:
Restricted to Junior and Senior sociology majors/minors and criminology minors during priority registration.

This course examines the causes and consequences of mass imprisonment in the United States of America. Special attention is given to social context and political policies that led to the era of mass incarceration, the social factors that shape and describe the phenomenon of mass incarceration, and its consequences to society at the personal and societal levels.

This course examines the causes and consequences of mass imprisonment in the United States of America. Special attention is given to social context and political policies that led to the era of mass incarceration, the social factors that shape and describe the phenomenon of mass incarceration, and its consequences to society at the personal and societal levels.

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