What is this course about? Here is a short description from the instructor:
This course critically analyzes the historical and present use of imprisonment in North America. In doing so, particular emphasis will be placed on the following areas: mass incarceration, prison privatization, the prison labor movement and the ‘war on crime/drugs’ and its resultant sentencing strategies. The penal abolitionist movement will be explored with aims of decarceration (particularly for non-violent and poverty related offences) and considerations for purposeful, community oriented alternatives to incarceration in particular, restorative and transformative models of justice will be presented.
If you have any questions, please contact us at criminology@carleton.ca.