SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND READINGS
WEEK 1: Mon, Jan 27 Course introduction
FILM: “A History of Punishment”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbenM5X1BTY
WEEK 2: Mon, Feb 3 A History of American punishment—Tracing the colonial roots
Brown & Barganier Race and Crime: Geographies of Injustice. Chapter 1: Race, Crime and Justice: Definitions and context, pp. 1-27. Chapter 2: Race, Colonialism, and the Emergence of Racial Democracy, pp. 33-65.
WEEK 3: Mon, Feb 10 Racial Politics of Mass Incarceration
Brown & Barganier Chapter 6: The Problem of Urban America: Race and the Emergence of Mass Incarceration, pp. 201-243
WEEK 4: Mon, Feb 17 Theories and ideologies
Cullen and Gilbert Reaffirming Rehabilitation. Chapter 2: Criminal Justice Theories and Ideologies, pp. 17-26. (On Blackboard)
WEEK 5: Mon, Feb 24 “The Colonial Order of the Court”
Brown & Barganier Race and Crime: Geographies of Injustice. Chapter 8: Race, Crime and Justice: Definitions and context, pp. 1-27.
WEEK 6: Mon, Mar 2 American penal exceptionalism
Tonry, Michael (2004). Chapter 2: Why So Many Americans are in Prison. In M. Tonry, Thinking about crime: Sense and sensibility in American penal culture (pp. 21-61). New York: Oxford University Press. (On Blackboard)
Tonry, Michael (2009). “Explanations for American punishment policies: A national history.” Punishment & Society, 11(3), pp. 377-394. (On Blackboard)
WEEK 7: Mon, Mar 9
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS TO BE DISTRIBUTED
WEEK 8: Mon, Mar 16 Desert and doing justice
Cullen and Jonson Chapter 3: Just Deserts, pp. 37-66
TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM DUE: Must be submitted via Blackboard (Due: Tues Oct 22)
WEEK 9: Mon, Mar 23 Deterrence
Cullen and Jonson Chapter 4: Deterrence, pp. 67-98
Short documentary: Angela Davis “The Fallacy of Prison Reform” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfnbnTs0r-M
WEEK 10: Mon, Mar 30 Incapacitation
Cullen and Jonson Chapter 5: Incapacitation, pp. 99-126
Short documentary: YouthCineMedia—Santa Barbara Gang Injunction Needs to be stopped (Bryan Carreño) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ziP0K0KFk&t=15s
WEEK 11: Mon, April 6 Rehabilitation
Cullen and Jonson Chapter 7: Rehabilitation, pp. 147-170
Short YouTube Clip: #OptionB Story— Danny Murillo & Steven Cifra https://optionb.org/stories/on-my-eighteenth-birthday-i-was-sent-to-prison-with-a-sentence-of-fifteen-years-and-two-felonies-sk0ydv81
WEEK 12: Mon, April 20 Restorative Justice
Cullen and Jonson Chapter 6: Restorative Justice, pp. 127-146
Ted Talks Live: Dr. Victor Rios| Help for kids the education system ignores
https://www.ted.com/talks/victor_rios_help_for_kids_the_education_system_ignores?language=id
WEEK 13: Mon, April 27 Film: “When They See Us” Pt. 1 & 2
(Documentary Series can be found in its entirety in Netflix)
Dayan Ch. 3 “Punishing the Residue,” pp. 71-92
FINAL RESEARCH PAPER POSTED ON BLACKBOARD; Must be submitted via Blackboard (Due: Mon May 11)
WEEK 14: Mon, May 4 Film: “When They See Us” Pt. 3 & 4
Dayan Ch. 3 “Punishing the Residue,” (continued) pp. 92-113
WEEK 15: Mon, May 11 “Penal optimism” and prisoner reentry
Film: Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now (Interview can be found in its entirety in Netflix)
Green, David A. (2013) “Penal optimism and second chances: The legacies of American Protestantism.” Punishment & Society, 15(2), pp. 123-146. (On Blackboard)
FINAL EXAM: Take home written essay. Must be submitted via Blackboard on May 22nd by 12:00 PM.
