@article{Purser_2012, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Penal Spectatorship}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/penal-spectatorship}, abstractNote={This essay prompt invites students to reflect upon their own relationship to the criminal justice system. It does so by having them reflexively engage with the concept of the "penal spectator" (Michelle Brown, The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society and Spectacle, New York University Press, 2009). The assignment invites students to discuss the cultural imagery, discourses and/or experiences that have shaped their working understanding of criminal justice and it helps the instructor assess the range of student contact with the penal system.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Purser, Gretchen}, year={2012}, month={Sep.} }