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Summer 2015 | SOC 3101 Section 001: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (82223)
- 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
Mon,
Wed 09:30AM - 12:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Carlson School of Management 1-127
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections).
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?stewa640+SOC3101+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- This course will serve as a sociological introduction to the American criminal justice system. The first section of the course will examine the history and politics of American criminal justice and the growth of mass incarceration. Subsequent sections will critically explore the different phases of the criminal justice system, including policing (e.g., law enforcement and law enforcement strategies), courts (e.g., the American court system, the courtroom workgroup, and sentencing policies/practices), and punishment (e.g., prison, probation, reentry, and collateral consequences). The readings chosen for this course include a mix of theoretical and empirical sociological scholarship and policy papers that will all be available online. We will also have several guest speakers who will provide their firsthand experiences working in areas relating to criminal justice. The objectives for this course are that by the end, students will have (1) a strong understanding of the various processes of the American CJS and how those processes interact with other institutions and social structures; (2) learned important social facts associated with the effects of the CJS; and (3) developed a critical perspective of the American CJS informed by these social facts and socio-criminological theories. The course meets the Liberal Education requirements of Civil Life and Ethics. Courses with this designation are carefully designed to address the components, dynamics, and philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice through the Liberal Education critical framework.
- Grading:
- The three exams will consist of multiple choice and short answer questions. For the most part, they will not be comprehensive.
- Exam Format:
- Other Grading Information: You will have the choice of two grading tracks. "Track A" spreads the points out through the semester, while "Track B" focuses the points on the 3 exams and an ethnography paper. You have until after the first exam to choose a grading track.
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
5-7 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82223/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2015
ClassInfo Links - Summer 2015 Sociology Classes Taught by Robert Stewart