Sociology 350 - Sociology of Punishment

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Richard Moran
M 01:15PM-04:05PM
Mount Holyoke College
87002
Porter Hall 108
rmoran@mtholyoke.edu
'This seminar covers the social history of punishment, beginning with the birth of the prison in the late eighteenth century and continuing to the present. Emphasis on the shift in philosophy from public to private punishment, prison reform movements, and the death penalty.'
Prereq: SOCI-231 and 4 more credits from the sociology department
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.