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ERIC Number: EJ362454
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Jail! What Happens When Students Are Put Behind Bars?
Greene, Elizabeth
Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n10 pA42-44 Nov 4 1987
A day-long prison simulation for a Wheaton College sociology class, held in a county jail that is generally used to house inmates while they are waiting to appear in court, is described. The course, which focuses on prisons, homelessness, and AIDS, aims to increase students' empathy for others. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Correctional Institutions, Criminology, Empathy, Higher Education, Prisoners, Program Descriptions, Simulation, Social Problems, Sociology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Wheaton College IL