Prisoners' Rights
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Overview
Subject area
LAW
Catalog Number
734
Course Title
Prisoners' Rights
Department(s)
Description
Explores how the law affecting prisoners has developed and should develop in the future. Specific topics may include the constitutional dimensions of corrections, theories of sentencing and incarceration, prisoners' rights litigation, and the impact of the law on ex-offenders. Seminar participants will produce carefully documented original written work that analyzes and critiques some aspect of the law, policies, theories, practices, systems, and/or institutions that affect prisoners' and/or ex-offenders' lives.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Law
Liberal Arts
No
Credits
Minimum Units
2
Maximum Units
2
Academic Progress Units
2
Repeat For Credit
No
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Lecture
Hours
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