Mass Incarceration Courses and Certifications

Hamilton College

Incarceration's Witnesses: American Prison Writing

1 rating

Study how first-person testimonial by incarcerated people writing about their experience inside—prisoner witness—can help us in understanding the American prison system.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Hot Topics in Criminal Justice

198 ratings at Coursera

Examine mass incarceration, the death penalty, risk assessment, the insanity defense, police use of force, and surveillance technology to assess and reform the U.S. criminal justice system.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ruth Wilson Gilmore: Race, Capitalism, and Incarceration (Live Online)

40 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s influential work on race, capitalism, incarceration, and prison abolition.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $355.00

Justice, Mercy and Mass Incarceration

1 rating

Examine mass incarceration in the US as an ethical crisis: purposes of punishment, the prison industrial complex, racial disparity, and alternatives like restorative justice and community policing.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course