SOC371H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Criminal Record, Penology, Social Capital
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Lecture outline: discuss mid-term test, introduce the racialized nature of punishment in the usa and canada, discuss how prison is now a normalized feature of the lives of young black men in the. Questions of the day: using goodman, discuss how penal environments are racialized spaces. Give 2 examples of how racial segregation is produced in california prisons: what impact does the over-representation of african americans in american prisons have on their ability to reintegrate into society. In your answer, discuss the impact of a criminal record on employment and citizenship privileges: using western & pettit and wacquant, what role does race and ses have on selecting who gets punished and who does not. Affirmative action- policies that give opportunities to racial minorities. Race and imprisonment stats: usa: african americans are 6 times more likely than whites and 4 times more likely than.
