Last spring I taught a seminar course titled "ethnographies in crime and deviance." It was a great success and a pleasure to teach. One of the six books I required was "New Jack." I thought this would be an interesting change of pace for students since it was an ethnography of law enforcement personnel instead of the offender (although the lines blur some in this account).
The students, however, requested in their course evaluations that I replace this book with an ethnography of inmates instead of one of the officers. I'm not sure if it would be better to replace it with such a piece, or merely pair it with one, but I'm willing to entertain their suggestion. Anyone have a GOOD ethnography of prison life to recommend? I'm looking for something truly sociological/anthropological not a one-dimensional, highly ideological piece. Kennon Dr. Kennon Rice Department of Sociology Albright College P.O. Box 15234 13th and Bern Streets Reading, PA 19612-5234 (610)921-7881 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
