LAW 790: Sentencing, Corrections and Punishment Short Course
This course will explore different facets of criminal dispositions. Topics covered may include theories of criminal punishment (e.g. retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, restorative justice), the relationship between sentencing and actual harms, collateral consequences of convictions (e.g. deportation, disenfranchisement, and forfeiture), probation, state regulation of incarceration (e.g. good-time credits, supervised release, parole, mandatory and discretionary release sentencing systems), and innovations in punishment (e.g. preventive detention, sexual predator statutes, “dangerous offender” statutes, notification, monitoring, mental health courts, drug courts, habitual offender statutes, shaming penalties). Enrollment limited. [1]