SOC 639 Punishment
This course will consider the ethics of punishment alongside sociological (empirically informed) accounts of why people offend and how crime is best addressed. It provides an overview of philosophical arguments for and against the socio-political practice of punishment, linking these arguments to developments in criminological theory. Students will learn to assess whether the reality of social disadvantage suffered by most offenders can be reconciled with the value of moral agency.
Cross Listed Courses
SOC 339 & SOC 639