POLI 181 - Families, Education, and Criminal Justice: Inequalities and Policy Issues

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as EDUC 181) This course examines selected issues in three areas of contemporary social policy in the United States: reproduction and family formation in an age of reproductive technologies; constructions of dis/ability in educational institutions; and criminal justice. In each of these areas we consider how opportunity is affected by inequalities based on economic and social class, racial and ethnic differences, sexual orientation, and gender identity. We look at some of the ways in which policies concerning families and education are important to incarceration and re-entry after prison. We consider various visions of more equitable policy in each area, and proposals for moving closer to those visions. Ms. McCloskey and Ms. Shanley.

This course is taught at the Taconic Correctional Facility for Women to a combined class of Vassar and Taconic students.

One 3-hour period.