SOC371H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: University Of Toronto Mississauga, Hazel Mccallion, Restorative Justice
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Fri, 03:00 pm - 05:00 pm ne 3110. Punishment cannot be analyzed outside of its historical, cultural, economic, political and social context. This course offers students a critical, multidisciplinary approach to the study of punishment in canadian society. It is your responsibility to ensure that the prerequisites for this course have been met. Students without the prerequisites can be removed at any time. As noted in the official course description "punishment cannot be analyzed outside of its historical, cultural, economic, political and social context. This course offers students a critical, multidisciplinary approach to the study of punishment in canadian society. " This approach will include insights and literature from sociology, criminology, psychology/psychiatry, law, and philosophy. Throughout the course, particular attention will be paid to issues surrounding race/ethnicity, gender, social class (ses), and mental illness in order to highlight the ways in which punishment reflects and reinforces social inequality in the general population.
