CRJ 588 - Corrections: A Critical Perspective

Graduate standing. (3)

Critical perspectives on the complexities of modern correctional issues, including historical background on how current correctional practices came into existence, broad social contexts in which correctional policies have been and are constructed, and social forces that shaped and continue to shape corrections. Special attention to how political, economic, religious and technological forces disproportionately impact minority grouips and the poor. Not open to students with credit forCRJ 388. Graded ABCDE