SOC 564 - Corrections

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
When Offered: Spring

Provides an overview of the history and various perspectives of incarceration, tracing the development of prisons in America from their earlier roots in Europe. An examination is placed upon prison inmates, correctional staff, correctional treatment and punishment philosophies, political perspectives regarding criminal offenders and special interest offenders such as juveniles and females, as well as capital punishment.

Crosslisted With: SOC 364, CJ 364/CJ 564