Spring 2018  |  SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (51637)

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:
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
Enrollment Status:
Open (137 of 140 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Introductory course designed to provide students with a general understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach.
Class Notes:
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Class Description:
This introductory course is designed to provide students with a general understanding of some of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Law is everywhere. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Law shapes our day to day lives in countless ways. We examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment using an interdisciplinary social science approach. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, law is too important to leave to lawyers. Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (such as sociology, anthropology, political science, critical studies, psychology). There are two units. We will first explore the sociology of law and laws role primarily in the American context (but with some attention to international law and global human rights efforts). Next, this course seeks to develop a sociological understanding of the patterns of crime and punishment in the United States. The thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; laws role in social change; same-sex marriage; welfare and crime; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; and the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth.
Grading:
40% Reports/Papers
15% Written Assignments
20% Class Presentations
25% Class Participation
Class Format:
45% Lecture
5% Film/Video
45% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
Workload:
50 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Papers
1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51637/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
11 November 2016

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