CRIM 307

Doing Time: Incarceration and Punishment

Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for CRIM 307.

Description

Examines punishment and incarceration as a complex social institution informed by a range of social relations and cultural meanings. Explores the way political, social and economic factors shape notions of law and order. Topics include: history of punishment and theories of incarceration, experiences of imprisonment and prison cultures, and various controversial issues in imprisonment, for example, privatisation, the use of solitary confinement, immigration detention, and prison abolition.

Availability 2023

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Dr Alice Mills

Points

CRIM 307: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points from CRIM 201, 202 or 30 points at Stage II in Global Politics and Human Rights

Restrictions

SOCIOL 337