Summer 2016  |  SOC 3101 Section 001: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (82850)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
06/13/2016 - 08/05/2016
Tue, Thu 09:30AM - 12:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S.
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?horow035+SOC3101+Summer2016
Class Description:
This course will introduce students and focus on the three main stages of the American Criminal Justice system from a critical perspective: policing and arrest, punishment, and causes and consequences of the carceral state. The course is designed to familiarize students with these broad topical areas and to explore the decision-making process and the equality of treatment that takes place within the American Criminal Justice system. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and of the Social Sciences.Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice, through critical framework of Liberal Education.
Grading:
30% Midterm Exam, 30% Final Exam, 20% quizzes and participation.
Exam Format:
Both essay and multiple choice questions on midterm and final, equally weighted.
Class Format:
70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers
Workload:
2-3 readings per class
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82850/1165
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
20 April 2016

ClassInfo Links - Summer 2016 Sociology Classes Taught by Veronica Horowitz

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