Overview
Description
Movies and text from the 1930’s to present are used to examine inmate, guard, and warden personalities, and the era’s history and politics.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Summer
Terms
summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- define, and apply to prison movies, the elements used in the evaluation and interpretation of movies.
- demonstrate understanding of the cultural, economic, medical, religious, and political changes which resulted in the creation of prisons in western societies.
- articulate the impact specific historical eras had on the creation of prisons, and discuss the design elements and operational policies of those institutions.
- demonstrate understanding of the evolution of the basic goals of prisons, and will understand the politics which led to the changes in these goals in both Europe and America.
- articulate, through both discussions and examinations, the accuracies and inaccuracies in specific prison movies ranging from the 1930’s to the early 2000’s.