module
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC3098: Sociology of Imprisonment
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
What is 'prison sociology'? - An introduction to the module.
Prison Discourses – how and to what extent has the nature of imprisonment changed since the 1950s?
The Prison Experience – discuss what the ‘pains of imprisonment’ are, and whether their nature has changed in the last five decades.
Society of Prisoners – consider what social life within a prison is like, and what it tells us about the effectiveness of prison as a method of punishing offenders.
Beyond Prison Walls – consider how imprisonment reaches beyond prison walls, affecting ex-prisoners' lives after their have served their sentence, and affecting their families and communities.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled earning and teaching actvity | 11 | 11 x 1-hour seminars (lecturer's explanatons, student partcipaton and discussion) |
| Scheduled earning and teaching actvity | 11 | 3 x 1-hour tutorials involving studying documentary evidence about prison life, 8 x 1- hour linked tutorials involved presentatons, discussions, and debates; revision/prep for exam session |
| Guided Independent Study | 40 | Reading assignments and preparing for the tutorials |
| Guided independent study | 20 | Preparing for essay assignment |
| Guided independent study | 15 | Additonal reading/research |
| Guided independent study | 53 | Preparaton for and completon of all exams |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).