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SOC 634 - Penology & Social Control


Credits 3

The social and historical development of prison systems and other forms of social control, as well as sociological theories of punishment. Includes recent research on prison population growth, offender rehabilitation, deterrence, recidivism, correctional administration, and inmate culture, as well as political repression and other related topics.

Notes
This course is crosslisted wtih SOC 434. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.