Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
Prisons & Penal Policy
Course Number:
SPY00046H
Course Description:
Nelson Mandela famously proclaimed that ‘no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails’ taking this statement as its foundation this module is designed to encourage students to explore the state of the prison system in England and Wales. In undertaking such exploration a wide range of discourses will be introduced, the official discourse of the state, prisoners’ perspectives, media representations and the perspectives of those employed within prisons to try to ascertain as fuller a picture as possible as to ultimately whether or not prison works.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
CRIM 485, CRIM 490
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/SPY00046H/latest
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