SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS

LAW 945

Practice of criminal corrections and the law governing it; probation, parole, rehabilitative efforts, prison administration, and legal and administrative procedures for testing the propriety of restrictions.

ENGL/LEGALST 160

Examines the development, scope, and effects of the "True Crime" genre in the United States. Using literary analysis and legal studies methods, explore various areas of the genre (written, podcasts, documentaries, etc.) and try to find answer as to why we are so compelled by true crime narratives and what true crime's "truth" is. Untangle the complex relationship between law and narrative (background on each will be provided) and the various epistemological systems it combines, including the role of science and technology. Gain a detailed understanding of what our culture's relationship to "real life" crime narratives tells us about the fundamental and complex role criminality plays in defining us as a society.

CURRIC/EDPOL/LEGALST 250

Investigates how the systems of incarceration and education operate alongside, within, around and through one another. Provides a historical examination of how education and incarceration have interacted. Examines how prisons operate as 'teaching institutions,' what it teaches all of us impacted by it, and what interventions have been designed to facilitate particular kinds of learning. Presents firsthand accounts of those who work and live in the carceral system currently.

HISTORY/LEGALST 426

Examines punishment across a vast range of historical traditions, examining how wrongdoing and punishment have been figured in law, literature, art and philosophy. Examines ancient, medieval and modern traditions.

LAW 915

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