The Roosevelt University Department of Economics and Mansfield Institute of Social Justice invite you to attend a Special Lecture:

Glorifying the Hangman: Crime, Class and Race in the Era of Mass Imprisonment

The United States incarcerates more of its own people then any other nation in the world. While the U.S. population represents about 5% of the total world population, it houses almost 25% of the world's total prison population. Between 1970 and 2003, state and federal prisons grew sevenfold. How can we explain this massive growth? What are the consequences of mass incarceration? What can the study of mass imprisonment add to our understanding of race and class relations in contemporary capitalism?

When: Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 4:30-6:00 pm
Where: Spertus Lounge, Room 244, Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave.

Geert Dhondt is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Economics. Both his research and activism have focused on the problems with the police and the prison system.

This event is free and open to the public. Persons requiring special accommodations or further information should contact Allison Rickard, Mansfield Scholar, Department of Economics.
Email: allison.rickard (at) mymail.roosevelt.edu, phone: (312) 341-3743.