MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


SCY2181/3181

Sociology of prisons

B Ellem

8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent

Synopsis Historical development of punishment and penal institutions. Remand, trial and imprisonment. The effects of isolation and deprivation, prison populations and social class, resocialisation and techniques of coping in a total institution, deterrence and rehabilitation, parole, release, recidivism, reform, alternatives, privatisation, unit management and specific therapeutic communities.

Assessment Essay (3000 words): 50% + Exercise (1000 words): 20% + Examination (2 hours): 30%

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