Schedule

WCPRG (Whitman College Prison Research Group) Meeting Date Monday January 25, 2010
12-12:50pm, in Maxey 142 (Pizza & Beverage Provided)

Economics of Crime - Theory and Practice
What is Economics?
How Economists Think
The Economic Way of Looking at Crime (Advanced)
Crime, Punishment, and the Market for Offenses (Advanced)

Date	Topic	Material (to be read before class)
Wednesday January 20, 2010 (Week 1)	Introduction to Economic Crime and Punishment Course Background on Crime and Punishment	Freidman, 1996 WCPRG (S)
1/27/10 (Week 2)	WCPRG (Whitman College Prison Research Group) Meeting Date Monday January 25, 2010 12-12:50pm, in Maxey 142 (Pizza & Beverage Provided) Economics of Crime - Theory and Practice What is Economics? How Economists Think The Economic Way of Looking at Crime (Advanced) Crime, Punishment, and the Market for Offenses (Advanced)	Freidman, 1990 Chp 1 Freidman, 1990 Chp 2 Both Chapters from David D. Freidman Law's Order and Economics Account (Chapter 1) Becker, 1968 (S) Ehrlich, 1996 (S)
2/3/10 (Week 3)	Why So Many Young American Men Commit Crimes and What Might We Do About It? Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990's Pre-emptive Executions Dynamic Models of Crime and Punishment	Freeman, 1996 Levitt, 2004 Steve Sailer, 2005 Antonio Merlo, 2001
2/10/10 (Week 4)	Dr. Chris Patrick discussion Videos on Criminal Sentencing (Class Courtroom) Discussion of first paper	Psychopathic What is APD? Are Psychopaths Ill or Evil? Help Wanted - Dilulio Crime Causation: Economic Theories
2/17/10 (Week 5)	History of Punishment Does Punishment Deter The Purpose of Criminal Punishment	History of Punishment Does Punishment Deter The Purpose of Criminal Punishment
2/25/10 (Week 6)	Class (Video - "Prison Town - USA), Discussion, & Lecture "Prison construction experienced explosive growth over the 1980s and 1990s. Many poor rural communities invited prisons into their environs, anticipating jobs and economic development."	Review readings from Week 5.
3/3/10 (Week 7)	Capital Punishment (find own source material)	(Porter, Sorensen, JISC)
3/10/10 (Week 8)	Economic, Social, Prison Impacts, & Privatization USA & the World	Parcells, Farrington, Krause Privatization
3/17/10 (Spring Break)	Spring Break
3/25/10 (Spring Break)	Spring Break
3/31/10 (Week 9)	Guest Lecturer - Margaret Vandiver Capital Punishment - External Impacts	Descriptive Paper Due
4/7/10 (Week 10)	4/5/10 Tues Undergraduate Conference Economics of Drug Laws History, Health, Criminal Laws, Decriminalization Groups - Presentation of Position	DEA Briefs Against Legalization of Drugs Legalize Marijuana Summary History of Drugs History of Drugs Medical Marijuana Marijuana, Science, and Public Policy Milton Friedman Roe Weinstein Communities of Color Got Trouble Video - Reefer Madness
4/14/10 (Week 11)	Gambling Abortion Prostitution	Gambling Casino Gambling Gambling as bad social policy When Abortion Was A Crime Epilogue Collision Inconsistent The Politics of Life or Death Coyote Raymond Levitt
4/21/10 (Week 12)	No Class Wednesday Evening (Prison - WSP - Visit on April 23)	Tour of Washington State Penitentiary Friday April 23rd
4/28/10 (Week 13)	Copyright, Intellectual Property, Legal Issues	Intellectual Property Rights Copyright Policy Whitman College Digital Millenium Copyright Act 12 Year Old Sued Critical Analysis Paper Due
5/5/2010 (Week 14)	Gun Control, Three Strikes and You're Out Laws	Guns - 2nd Amendment, Gun Control, Lott1, Lott2, Handgun Politics, Guncite, Gun Control Rhetoric Three Stikes and Your Out Resource1, Resource2, Resource3, Resource 4, Resource5 (optional full article)
5/12/2010 (Week 15)	5/12/10 Wed Reading Day No Final - Last Paper Due (Tue, May 18th, 4pm)	Position Paper Due