Prison Sub Cult & Life Style ((3 Credits))

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This course focuses on the theoretical policy issues and dilemma of the American correctional system in handling citizens who have been imprisoned. It examines the origin and nature of the inmate social systems, inmate social roles, and the inmate socialization process. It explores, partly from the inmate’s own perspective, modern concepts of behavior modification, punishment, community alternatives to imprisonment, and probable trends in the practice of corrections both nationally and internationally.