SOC 425—Behind the Walls

This course takes place behind prison walls. Involving roughly equal numbers of UB students and incarcerated students, the course provides a unique setting for “inside” and “outside” students to exchange ideas and gain theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of a variety of crime and justice issues. Participation in this course requires deep self-exploration, the merging of academic and experiential knowledge, an embrace of active learning, and the collective practice of imagining alternative futures and exploring the most appropriate means for arriving at them. Course enrollment is only by permission of instructor.