CSOC561

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Mass Incarceration, Economic Justice, and Religious Activism

CSOC Theological School

Course Subject Code

CSOC

Course Number

561

Status

Inactive

Course Attributes

ENLW: Minor-Law/Jus/Society Elective, NLAW: Minor-Law

Course Short Title

Mass Incarceration, Economic J

Course Long Title

Mass Incarceration, Economic Justice, and Religious Activism

Course Description

This course aims at a critical analysis of mass incarceration principally in, but not limited to, the United States. Topics include: criminalization of urban youth, parenting from prison, immigration andincarceration, prison health care, community re-entry, privatization of prisons, and capital punishment. It will also examine the role of religious activism and ministry in support for inmates and their families and as resistance to the prison-industrial complex.

Min

3

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

Level: PM (I), TM (I), TP (I),

Equivalent Course(s)

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