Spring 2016  |  SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (50502)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Mon 06:00PM - 08:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 255
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?rselmini+SOC3102+Spring2016
Class Description:
The course addresses general issues in definition, understanding and features of criminal behavior and social control. During the course students will discuss questions like: what is a "criminal behavior" and who has the power to give this definition? Which are the most important theories in understanding and explaining crime? How do criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? The first part of the course is mainly devoted to the analysis of theories and their development - from the "Delinquent Man" by Cesare Lombroso to current attempts to explain crime. The second part focuses on some types of criminal behaviors, especially gangs, street crime, violent crime and gender violence. The course ends with a section on recent tendencies in criminalization and on some specific forms of social control, from the more traditional (policing) to more recent forms of urban control (control through technology, community crime prevention and architectural control). The course uses a variety of reading materials (including case studies and newspaper articles) and involves small group discussion of film/video. In each section we will pay attention to comparisons across countries and to how criminal behavior - and its definition - changes in different contexts.
Grading:
80% Midterm Exam
10% Quizzes
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation Other Grading Information: There will be 4 interim exams, each counts 20% .
Exam Format:
Short answers and short essays
Class Format:
50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers
Workload:
40-50 Pages Reading Per Week
4 Exams
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50502/1163
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 October 2015

ClassInfo Links - Spring 2016 Sociology Classes Taught by Rossella Selmini

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