Prison and Society

Catalog description

Prerequisite: Completion of the Core Curriculum Research & Professional Writing requirement. This course considers the multi-faceted impact of mass incarceration on society. Specific topics covered include the consequences of incarceration on individuals, such as health and employment disparities; the consequences of incarceration on families, such as financial hardship, relationship strain and dissolution, and parental absence; and the consequences of incarceration on communities, such as neighborhood deterioration and homelessness.