Course Objectives:

1. To become familiar with different theoretical perspectives to crime & punishment.
2. To critically address fundamental concepts in criminology.
3. To apply basic concepts to everyday life.
4. 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:

1. 20th century U.S.S.R
2. 19th century Russia
3. Philosophical underpinnings of radical Islam in incarcerated settings; late 20th century Arabic poetry and pros.
4. South Africa under apartheid.
5. 20th century India under British rule.
6. World War 2: Burma, the railroad.