HIST 001X. First-Year Seminar: Crime and Punishment in America

The problem of mass incarceration has redefined our cities, undermined our labor movement, and shaped our national politics for the last thirty years. Yet few historians have focused on the racial, economic, and political implications of this major force in our social order. This seminar will explore the historic roots of crime and punishment in American life.
Social sciences.
Writing course.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history

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