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Apr 27, 2024
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RLST025 PO - Religion, Punishment, and Restoration in the U.S. (CP)When Offered: Last offered spring 2021.
Instructor(s): E.Runions
Credit: 1
This course explores the influence of religion on the secular sphere of criminal justice. Questions raised may include: How has religion shaped ideals and practices of punishment and rehabilitation in the U.S., past and present? Has religion impacted the duration, extremity and social effects of punishment? What are religious arguments for and against the death penalty? What is the relation between religious ideas and existing practices of rehabilitation, including restorative and transformative justice? This class will be taught in the Inside-Out Prison Exchange format, alongside incarcerated students at the California Rehabilitation Center men’s prison. Letter grade only. Course is equivalent to RLST 181 PO .
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3; Analyzing Difference
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