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Created: July 27, 2003
Latest Update: March 10, 2006
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CRMJ 363: Corrections

You will be held accountable for purposes of grading for the readings and exercises listed here. There will be no "testing." That means that you will not have to live in anxious anticipation of what we will ask and how much you will have to know. Instead, we will provide weekly discussion questions, lectures, essays, and concepts we feel that you should know as a result of having taken this course. You will assure us of that learning and receive your grade for the questions and concepts about which you choose to write and talk with us. In addition you will find detailed explanations and examples on our grading policies in the first week's reading.

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Week 9: Week of March 12, 2006

Have a relaxing and safe Spring Break! (March 12th through March 19th) .

Topics: Spring Break


Preparatory Readings:



• Haas and Alpert. Dilemmas of Corrections. Chapter ---.
• Documentaries: ---- (to be shown in class)
• Hassine. Life Without Parole. entirety.
  
  
  

Deadlines/Dates:



• Friday, March 10th - Last Day to Drop Classes
• March 12th -19th - Spring Break
• Wednesday, March 29th - CRMJ Student Advising Session from 12 noon to 1 p.m.
• Friday, April 21st, beginning of class (central time) -- The Final Absolute Deadline (completion of all creative measures)
• Friday, May 5th - Last Day of Class




Lecture related links:




National Institute of Corrections A resource on jails and local detention.


• Corrections: On Investing Love
• JOIN the Yahoo Discussion Group with CSUDH students.
  
• Convicts and Cops A resource on prison tatoos, prison slang terminology, and more!
  
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
  
• Maricopa County Sheriff's Office - Jail Link. Link found by Mary Frances Chachula.
  
• Wisconsin Department of Corrections




Concepts to be covered:






Discussion Questions:



Be sure incorporate the documentary, "---- " into your answers.





Suggested Creative Measures:




Note: All creative measures must be approved by the instructor before you begin. Email the instructor with your idea. Creative measures cannot be something that you are doing or have done for another course. No term papers. Start thinking about ideas for your creative measures. Must relate to "corrections." Research cannot be 100% online (i.e., google, askjeeves). Must conduct library research using scholarly works, (not the popular press -- Time Magazine, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated). Email me your ideas. Allow time to dialogue and present your creative measures.



• Research "what works?" inside the county jail? In other words, what are today's most successful rehabilitation programs in the county jail? Why. How is success measured? Why.
  
• Other books related to jails:
  --- J.F. Fishman. Crucibles of Crime: The Shocking Story of the American Jail.
  --- D. Danto. Jail House Blues.
  --- John Irwin. The Jails: The Managing the Underclass in American Society.
  
  

• Make A Box a Week reflecting on the week's correctional issues.
  
• If you enjoyed reading Hassine's Life Without Parole , you might be interested in other prison autobiographies/biographies: a) Jack Henry Abbott. In the Belly of the Beast. b) Leonard Peltier. Prison Writings. c) Eldridge Cleaver. Soul on Ice. d) Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Thirteenth Round. e) Jarvis Jay Masters. Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row, e) Mumia Abu-Jamal. Live from Death Row., f) The Autobiography of Malcolm X.



Recommended Readings:



• John Irwin. The Warehouse Prison.
  
• John Irwin. The Imprisonment Binge.
  
  
• Alfie Kohn. Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community.
• Alfie Kohn. Unconditional Parenting.