Lived Spaces
Lisa Guenther Vanderbilt University Discipline(s): Philosophy Last Updated: September, 2015 Course… Read More »Lived Spaces
Policing and Law
This theme refers to prison’s multiple roles in contemporary society, including the ways imprisonment structures, and is structured by, other institutions. Users looking for material on the economic and social functions of prison will find it here. We welcome feedback on this organization during our beta period.
Subthemes
Criminalization
Death Penalty
Jail and Bail
Legal Issues
New Jim Crow
Police Procedures
War on Drugs
War on Terror
Youth Incarceration
Orisanmi Burton University of the District of Columbia Discipline(s): Criminal Justice,… Read More »Youth Incarceration
The American Death Penalty
Daniel LaChance Emory University Discipline(s): History Syllabus Last Updated: September, 2015… Read More »The American Death Penalty
Solitary Confinement: A Philosophical Exploration
Lisa Guenther Vanderbilt University Discipline(s): Philosophy Syllabus Last Updated: July, 2016… Read More »Solitary Confinement: A Philosophical Exploration
Shrinking the Carceral State
Jonathon Simon UC Berkeley, School of Law Discipline(s): Law Syllabus Last… Read More »Shrinking the Carceral State
Rethinking Prisons
Lisa Guenther Vanderbilt University Discipline(s): Philosophy Syllabus Last Updated: July, 2013… Read More »Rethinking Prisons
Police Violence and Mass Incarceration
Lisa Guenther Vanderbilt University Discipline(s): Philosophy Syllabus Last Updated: July, 2015… Read More »Police Violence and Mass Incarceration
Narratives of Female Criminality
Jess Issacharoff Duke University Discipline(s): English, Media Studies, American Studies Syllabus… Read More »Narratives of Female Criminality
Humanities Action Lab: Mass Incarceration Project
Jessica Namakkal Duke University Robin Kirk Duke University Discipline(s): History, Global… Read More »Humanities Action Lab: Mass Incarceration Project
Ethics & Public Policy: American Incarceration
Nolan Bennett University of Georgetown Discipline(s): Political Science, Government Syllabus Last… Read More »Ethics & Public Policy: American Incarceration