Fall 2013  |  SOC 3101 Section 002: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (21318)

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
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue 06:00PM - 08:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 150
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
Class Description:
The goal of this course is to develop an introduction to the criminal justice system in the United States. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and parole. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality; political and economic change; and popular representations of crime and criminals. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics and the Social Science Core. Courses with these designations are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
Grading:
25% Final Exam Other Grading Information: 75% three exams (25% each)
Exam Format:
Three multiple choice and short answer exams, and one final take-home short essay exam
Class Format:
70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers
Workload:
40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exam(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21318/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 April 2013

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