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ARCHIVED 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SOA 320 - Punishment3.00 credit hours
This course examines how criminal punishment has evolved over time. It reviews the various justifications for punishment—including deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation, incapacitation and restoration—and examines how these affect punishment in practice. It considers the social, political and economic functions that punishment serves. It explores why incarceration has substantially increased in the the United States and considers future trends in criminal punishment.
Prerequisite(s): SOA 100 or SOA 190 .
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