| WEEK # | TOPICS | DUE DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Part I: Where are we? (Overview of US incarceration) | ||
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | More detail/Race and the criminal legal system | |
| 3 | Downstream effects: crime and recidivism | Assignment 1 distributed |
| 4 | Downstream effects: collateral consequences | |
| Part II: How did we get here? | ||
| 5 | Laws | Assignment 1 due |
| 6 | Public opinion, punitiveness, elections | Assignment 2 distributed |
| 7 | Interest groups | |
| 8 | Police and prosecutors | Assignment 2 due |
| Part III: What could change? | ||
| 9 | Changing public opinion, laws, sentencing | Assignment 3 distributed |
| 10 | Changing actors (especially prosecutors) | |
| 11 |
Changing the prison system (or diverting) Guest speaker: Lee Perlman, co-director of the Educational Justice Institute at MIT |
Assignment 3 due |
| 12 | Changing technology | |
| 13 | Reform vs. revolution | |
| 14 | Final presentations | Final presentation due |
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