CRIM 307

Doing Time: Incarceration and Punishment

Description

Examines punishment and incarceration as a complex social institution informed by a range of social relations and cultural meanings. Explores the way political, social and economic factors shape notions of law and order. Topics include: history of punishment and theories of incarceration, experiences of imprisonment and prison cultures, and various controversial issues in imprisonment, for example, privatisation, the use of solitary confinement, immigration detention, and prison abolition.

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Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December. 

Availability 2025

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

CRIM 307: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II from Criminology or Global Politics and Human Rights

Restrictions

SOCIOL 337