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LS 326Punishment and Society

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Legal Studies
Cross-listed
SOC 326

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

A critical criminological and sociological examination of theories and practices of punishment. This course will examine transformations in penal theory, penal management, and penal institutions and their social and policy implications.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
    • SOC101 - Introduction to Sociology (0.50)
    • SOC101R - Introduction to Sociology (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00137770 / 80MW 14:30–15:50
LEC 701145073 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

67% liked it75% easy63% useful

From 3 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • I took this course online in F21 with Sarah Turnbull. Course breakdown was: midterm essay (25%), group project: policy brief (part A: 10% + part B: 25% = 30% total), and final essay (40%). Since this was an online course, lecture videos + ppt slides were posted every week and students were responsible for staying up-to-date with them. They were kind of boring ngl, but informative and contained lots of useful content that you can use in your assignments. There were required readings each week; I didn't keep up with them consistently tbh, but you'll need to do some of them eventually so you can incorporate content from the readings into your midterm/final essay. For both the midterm and final…

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