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2014-2015 HillBook (Class of 2018) 
    
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CRM 204 - Sociology of the Prison

Three Credits
Fall Semester

Particular stress is placed on basic structure of American prisons – their purposes and their effects. Focal questions include: Who goes to prison? What happens to those imprisoned? What happens to those released from prison? Prison policy development and implementation with regards to current criminological theory and research and current public opinion are discussed as a central concluding theme.

Prerequisite(s): CRM 120  or CRM 201 .