Theory

This theme includes resources having to do with theories about mass incarceration and societal power structures and the theorists who developed them, as well materials for ideas about teaching these subjects in the classroom. Users looking for material on a particular theorist, theory, or teaching philosophy will find it here. We welcome feedback on this organization during our beta period.

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TechnoPrisons: Corrections, Technology and Society

Anthony Ryan Hatch Wesleyan University Discipline(s): Science and Technology Studies, Sociology,… Read More »TechnoPrisons: Corrections, Technology and Society

Solitary Confinement: A Philosophical Exploration

Lisa Guenther Vanderbilt University Discipline(s): Philosophy Syllabus Last Updated: July, 2016… Read More »Solitary Confinement: A Philosophical Exploration

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

Hope and Hopelessness in an Age of Mass Incarceration

Lori Gruen Wesleyan University, Philosophy Discipline(s): Philosophy Syllabus Last Updated: August,… Read More »Hope and Hopelessness in an Age of Mass Incarceration