Criminal Justice and Social Welfare Policy

This Social Welfare Policy II surveys the American criminal justice system from multiple perspectives. It examines the shape and size of the system itself (prison, parole, and probation), who goes to prison (by race, gender, education, income, age; and the kinds of crimes that they committed/were accused of/plead guilty to) and analyzes the drug wars; trends in crime rates. mass incarceration the expansion of policing and the surveillance state; the functions of the prison system ( i.e. removal, punishment, rehabilitation, social control, labor control, profit) ,restorative just, ice and the intersection of crime, welfare, and poverty. It also considers, life inside prison for both women and men (i.e., boredom; stress & fear; violence; racial tensions, access to health; mental health and other services; and human rights issues); the impact of parental incarceration on children and families left behind; and life after prison (i.e., reintegration; employment; recidivism) examination.