SOC 1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Favela Rising, Naomi Klein, Capoeira
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Prisons are a key indicator of the nature of any society. Today, the us incarcerates a larger percentage of its population than any other country. The readings this week approach imprisonment from several different angles. Professor james kilgore gives you an overview of the system, an explanation for the rise of mass incarceration and some suggestions for ending it. Professor reiman addresses the crucial problem of criminalization: how we define crime and why we define it the way we do. Professor gottschalk, author of several important books on imprisonment, offers a brief but provocative argument for ending mass imprisonment. And joelle fraser raises questions about what happens to a town, in this case susanville, when it becomes a prison town. There is alot of reading for this week, although many of the items are very short and easy to read. I suggest that you read in the following order: kilgore chapter 1, reiman,
