The Problem of Mass Incarceration

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 19.02.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Classroom Context
  3. Pedagogical Philosophy
  4. Curriculum Context
  5. Content Background
  6. Unit Content
  7. Teaching Strategies
  8. Classroom Activities
  9. Classroom Resources
  10. Bibliography
  11. Appendix
  12. Notes

Confronting Mass Incarceration in Tulsa

Sally Dee Cannizzaro

Published September 2019

Tools for this Unit:

Classroom Resources

Sources of Statistics

Carlson, E. Ann. “Prisoners in 2016.” U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics. NCJ 251149. Washington, D.C.: BJS, January 2018. https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p16_rvhg.pdf (accessed May 3, 2019).

“Criminal Justice Facts.” The Sentencing Project. Accessed July 18, 2019. https://www.sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/.

“Data Toolbox.” Prison Policy Initiative. Accessed August 3, 2019. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/data/.

“More Imprisonment Does Not Reduce State Drug Problems.” PEW Charitable Trusts. March 8, 2018. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2018/03/more-imprisonment-does-not-reduce-state-drug-problems.

“Our Guiding Principles.” Common Justice. Accessed August 3, 2019. https://www.commonjustice.org/.

“Report Shows Best and Worst States for the Status of Black Women in the United States.” Institute for Women’s Policy Research. June 17, 2017. https://iwpr.org/.

Classroom Tools

“ATLAS: Looking at Data.” SRI School Reform Initiative. Accessed August 3, 2019. http://www.schoolreforminitiative.org/doc/atlas_looking_data.pdf

“Chalk Talk.” National School Reform Faculty. Accessed August 8, 2019. https://www.nsrfharmony.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chalk_talk_0.pdf.

“Kids’ Zone: Create a Graph.” NCES National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 3, 2019.  https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/.

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