SOSC 3657 3.0 Cultures of Crime and Punishment: Europe & North America
Name:
Dr. Jacqueline A. Gibbons
Office
042 McLaughlin College
Course Objectives:
To become familiar with different theoretical perspectives to crime & punishment.
To critically address fundamental concepts in criminology.
To apply basic concepts to everyday life.
To practice critical reading & writing skills through assignments.
Course Description:
This course takes a critical look at ideas about crime and punishment with an emphasis on the examination of writing & art in incarcerated or forcefully confined settings. Areas & substantive issues under scrutiny comprise:
Childrens’ confinement (orphanages in 18th & 19th centuries).
Victor Hugo’s prison writings.
Crime, repression & rebellion in France (18th century).
Messages of resistance: Writings, art, poetry in concentration camps & ghettos.