2025 Summer Session A
6 weeks, May 27 - July 3
LEGALST 160 001 - LEC 001
Punishment, Culture, and Society
Class #:11863
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Letters & Science Legal Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
45
Enrolled: 15
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 60
Waitlist Max: 20
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 20 hours of outside work hours per week, and 8 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.
Course Catalog Description
This course surveys the development of Western penal practices, institutions, and ideas (what David Garland calls "penality") from the eighteenth-century period to the present. Our primary focus will be on penal practices and discourses in the United States in the early 21st century. In particular we will examine the extraordinary growth of US penal sanctions in the last quarter century and the sources and consequences of what some have called "mass imprisonment."
Rules & Requirements
Requisites
- Students Not in the Pre-Collegiate Program
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Historical Studies, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats