Economics 222 - Economics of Race, Policy, and Mass Incarceration
Econ-Race, Policy, Incarceratn
Fall
2022
01
4.00
Terry-Ann Craigie
M W 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Smith College
ECO-222-01-202301
Seelye 102
tcraigie@smith.edu
The United States has the world’s highest incarceration rate at more than five times the global median.
Our country is regrettably distinguished by significant racial-ethnic and gender disparities in its carceral
population. This course uses the tools of economic analysis to address three main questions: First,
how did we get here, that is, how did the United States become the world’s leader in incarceration?
Second, what are the economic implications and collateral consequences of racialized mass
incarceration? Finally, what can we do about it, that is, can we use economic tools to examine the
efficacy of criminal justice reform? Prerequisite: ECO 150.
Our country is regrettably distinguished by significant racial-ethnic and gender disparities in its carceral
population. This course uses the tools of economic analysis to address three main questions: First,
how did we get here, that is, how did the United States become the world’s leader in incarceration?
Second, what are the economic implications and collateral consequences of racialized mass
incarceration? Finally, what can we do about it, that is, can we use economic tools to examine the
efficacy of criminal justice reform? Prerequisite: ECO 150.
[CE] ECO 150