SOC371H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Solitary Confinement, Risk Assessment, Stereotype
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Introduce the racialized nature of punishment in the usa and canada. Explore some explanation for the racial difference in punishment. Discuss how prison is now a normalized feature of the lives of young black men in the usa. Examine how racial segregation is produced in prison (goodman) Look at the impact of race in prisons and on probation. First word of every sentence must be capitalized and there must be a period at the end. Proper paragraphs should have at least 3 sentence and only consist of one general idea. It is better to have more short paragraphs than a few very long. Avoid abbreviations, slang language, normative/moral judgments, opinion statements. Watch for sentence fragments all sentences should have a noun and a verb. Avoid contractions things like won(cid:495)t, don(cid:495)t , isn(cid:495)t. Paragraphs should not be a page + long edit for clarity.
