PHIL039 PO

Addresses issues of crime and punishment focusing on gender, race, and class. Topics include gender and crime; gendered aspects of punishment; women's rights violations in prison; impact of the war on drugs, harsh sentencing, and prison growth on women and their families; issues post-release; alternatives to incarceration. Community partnership with local state women's prison.

PO Area 3 Requirement, PO Community Partnership, All Gend/Fem/Women Stds, Fem, Gndr, Sex Studies, Gender/Women's/Fem. Stds, Gender & Women's Studies, Philosophy