Course Objectives:

1. To become familiar with different theoretical perspectives to crime & punishment.
2. To critically address fundamental concepts in criminology.
3. To apply basic concepts to everyday life.
4. To practice critical reading & writing skills through assignments.

Course Description:

This course takes a critical look at ideas about crime and punishment with an emphasis on the examination of writing & art in incarcerated or forcefully confined settings. Areas & substantive issues under scrutiny comprise:

1. Childrens’ confinement (orphanages in 18th & 19th centuries).
2. Victor Hugo’s prison writings.
3. Crime, repression & rebellion in France (18th century).
4. Messages of resistance: Writings, art, poetry in concentration camps & ghettos.
5. Gramsci, Crime theory and 19th century Italy.
6. Exile in Australasia, pre 20th century.