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Spring 2015 | SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (67659)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Honors
- Meets With:
SOC 3101 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 210
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Components, dynamics, philosophical underpinnings of criminal justice/agencies (law enforcement, courts, corrections). Honors students expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth, length of writing assignments, presentations, leadership of students.
- Class Description:
- The goal of this course is to introduce students to a sociological account of the criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, jails, prisons, and community supervision. Specific topics include how crime is socially constructed, how the courts function for criminal sentencing, what it is like to be in prison or on community supervision, why the U.S. has such a high imprisonment rate, and the barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequality. 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:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
20% Quizzes
- Exam Format:
- Two multiple choice and short answer exams.
- Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
5% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 40-70 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67659/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 January 2015
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