Subject description
Retribution, deterrence, incapacitation and the maintenance of social order are some of the justifications of imprisonment. To what extent can these justifications explain the relatively high incarceration rate in Australia? How effective are theorisations like penal populism, neoliberalism, the politics of law and order and the new punitiveness, in accounting … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Equivalence
SOC 244 - The Sociology of Punishment - Social Analysis of Imprisonment
Tutorial enrolment
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Teaching staff
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Engagement hours
1 hr lecture, 2 hr tutorial:1 hr lecture, 2 hr tutorial
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Discuss the current empirical state of punishment in Australia, other Anglo countries and Scandinavia;
2.
Discuss some of the theoretical accounts of punishment;
3.
Outline and analyse the main reasons for an increase in the incarceration rate in Australia;
4.
Propose empirically and theoretically grounded solutions to the incarceration problem;
5.
Develop and present a group project on a set topic.
Assessment details
Journal
Group Presentation
Policy report or activist project
Work integrated learning
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