PAM 2610

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PAM 2610
Orange is the New Black

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

In a 2015 speech, President Barack Obama described the the American criminal justice system as hopefully broken, with prison conditions so abominable that they had no place in the civilized world. In her 2010 book, Michelle Alexander went one step further and called mass incarceration The New Jim Crow. In this course, we will explore why mass incarceration came to be, what the consequences of locking up literally millions of Americans every year are, and what other policies might better address crime.  

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: PAM 2030. Recommended Prerequisites: PAM 2100, PAM 2101, PAM 2220, PAM 2350, PAM 3150.

Outcomes
  • Balance evidence from a range of sources including documentaries, ethnographies, and quantitative research.
  • Critically think through a host of possible responses to crime.
  • Engage in lively discussions.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2615, SOC 2610

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14668 PAM 2610   LEC 001

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