UNAS 1734 Reckoning with Incarceration: Biological Perspectives

This is an Enduring Question course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take both COMM2183 and UNAS1734. How do stories concerning justice, retribution, and rehabilitation shape the physical, mental, and social health of individuals? These paired courses will examine how the universal needs of justice and safety are institutionalized by legal, social, health, and cultural fields, and how victims, perpetrators of crime, and the families of both come to understand them. One course will explore the stories and unequal impacts of the retribution versus rehabilitation design of the U.S. incarceration model, while the other course will examine how experiences like toxic stress, social exclusion, and poor sleep impact physical and mental health on a biological level and throughout the lifespan.