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Week 6: Professions

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Week of March 10, 2019 –   Hierarchy, Bureaucracy, Division of Labor

To stay on track — 1) Your midterm portfolio is due at the beginning of class on Monday, March 11th. Proofread!  

Dates/Deadlines:

  • Friday, March 22nd – Last Day to drop class via SOLAR
  • March 25-29 – Spring Break (No Class)
  • Wednesday, May 8th, beginning of class – Final Career Portfolio due 

Preparatory Readings:

Lecture related links:

 Concepts to be covered:

    • achieved status v. ascribed status
    • red badge of power
    • division of labor 
    • hierarchy
    • social class
    • bureaucracy
    • difference
    • marginal man 
    • gatekeeping isms
    • equal opportunity
    • affirmative action
    • the re-entry worker 

Discussion Questions:

Note: In order to answer these discussion questions, you will need to read this week’s assigned readings and view the documentary on William Kunstler.  Due: Friday, March 15th.   

 1.   Now that we have finished Criminal Justice Pioneers … , list at least three individuals who should be included in this book. Explain why.   

 2.  Select a social setting, (i.e., work, school, home) and describe the division of labor and discuss who has the power? Why. 

3.   In examining your career path, which gatekeeping ism will be the most problematic? Why. 

4.  If you were a prospective employer, what do you consider William Kunstler’s strengths and weaknesses? Why. Would you hire him? Why or why not.

 

Suggestions for your Career Portfolio:

    •  Write one to two pages discussing role models and mentors who have helped you along the way.
    • Map out or illustrate you career path to date. 
    • Read a biography or autobiography about a prominent criminal justice professional.  

 
Recommended Readings:

  • Arlie Hochschild. Second Shift.
  • Arlie Hochschild. Time Bind. 
  • Deepak Malhotra. I Moved Your Cheese. 
  • Richard Bolles. What Color is Your Parachute?
  •  Malcolm Gladwell. Outliers: The Story of Success.
  •  Dennis W. Bakke. Joy at Work.
  •  Megan Hustad. How to be Useful.

— Jurgen Habermas. Between Facts and Norms.
— Martha Minow. Making All the Difference: Exclusion, Inclusion and American Law.

 

Email: takata@uwp.edu

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Created: July 27, 2003
Latest Update: March 7, 2019

 

 

Week 6: Corrections

March 7, 2019 1:32 pm / Leave a comment

Week of  March 10, 2019 – Courts, Constitution, Corrections 

To Stay on Track:  Begin constructing your visual project including an inexpensive take-away item.  

Dates/Deadlines:

  • Friday, March 22nd  – Last Day to Drop Class via SOLAR
  • March 25-29- Spring Break (no classes)
  • Monday, April 8th, beginning of class  – Visual Component due 

Preparatory Readings:

  • Hassine. Life Without Parole. — entirety.
  • Haas and Alpert. Dilemmas of Corrections. Chapters 16 through 21.
  • Documentary: “Solitary Nation”   (to be shown in class)
  • Dawley. A Nation of Lords. —-

Lecture related links:

Concepts to be covered:

  • prisoner rights
  • “hands off” doctrine
  • due process 
  • disciplinary hearings
  • the Eighth Amendment
  • solitary confinement 

 

Discussion Questions:

Note: In order to answer these discussion questions, you will need to do this week’s assigned readings and view “Solitary Nation.” Due:  Friday, March 15th.

  1.  Which court case in this week’s Haas & Alpert readings, do you consider the most important? Explain why. 
  1.  How does Hassine’s conclusion relate to Haas & Alpert’s readings on the courts? Do you agree with Hassine’s conclusion? Why or why not. 
  1. Based on “Solitary Nation” and other related materials,  is solitary confinement cruel and unusual punishment? Why or why not? 

Going Beyond the Course Materials:

Note: If you found this week’s topic interesting, check out how you can go beyond the materials discussed.

  • Compare and contrast a series of prison movies and television shows  (both old and new)  with  Hassine’s Life Without Parole. What are some  similarities and differences. Why. 
  •  Examine one of the following demographic characteristics of those in prison: age, race/ethnicity, gender or socio-economic status.
  •  Read John Irwin’s It’s About Time: America’s Imprisonment Binge. Are we imprisoning too many individuals? Why.
  •  If you enjoyed reading Hassine’s Life Without Parole,  you might be interested in other prisoner autobiographies/biographies: 
    • Jack Henry Abbott. In the Belly of the Beast.
    • Leonard Peltier. Prison Writings.
    • Jarvis Jay Masters. Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row.
    • Mumia Abu-Jamal.Live from Death Row.
    • Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. Thirteenth Round.
    • Eldridge Cleaver. Soul on Ice.
    • The Autobiography of Malcolm X. 

Recommended Readings:

  • Erving Goffman. Asylums. 
  • Donald Clemmer. The Prison Community. 
  • Gresham Sykes. Society of Captives. 
  • Leo Carroll. Hacks, Blacks and Cons. 
  • Jeffrey Reiman. The Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Prison. 
  • Michelle Alexander. The New Jim Crow. 
  •  John Irwin. The Warehouse Prison.
  • John Irwin. Prisons in Turmoil. 
  • John Irwin. The Imprisonment Binge.
    • Alfie Kohn. Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community.
    • Alfie Kohn. Unconditional Parenting.

Email me at:  takata@uwp.edu

 

 

Created: July 27, 2003
Latest Update:  March 7, 2019

 

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