CRM 013 - (BH) Health and IncarcerationSemester Hours: 3
This course examines the nexus between public health and incarceration. Specifically, the course aims to examine the potential of the far-reaching implications of incarceration on public health, and that of specific health concerns on correctional practices and policies. As such the course is aimed to expose students to the myriad challenges faced by correctional institutions in their daily operations to provide public safety and justice. The course will discuss the nexus between public health and justice, and its far-reaching social implications in a sociological and penological aspect. In addition, certain public health issues that characterize the correctional population will be examined in a broader context to enable a more wholesome examination of the far-reaching consequences of incarceration on public health in the community. Accordingly, the course will deal with basic theories and concepts related to the sociology of health, public health, incarceration, as well as legal cases that had an effect on correctional practices and policies.
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