Spring 2018  |  SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (49935)

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
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 317
Enrollment Status:
Closed (80 of 80 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course will address the social and legal origins of crime and crime control with a focus on general theories of deviance/crime and present an overview of forms of social control. We will critically examine criminological, sociological and legal theories that explain the causes of crime and other misdeeds. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?walk0938+SOC3102+Spring2018
Class Description:
​This course addresses general issues in conceptualizing and controlling criminal behavior. Course content will be particularly concerned with the processes of classification and the construction of criminal behavior relative to other idealized forms of behavior. Some important questions include: How does criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? What is the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, sexuality, and prestige etc. and the classification and controlling of some behaviors versus others?
Who Should Take This Class?:
Students interested in the processes by which certain persons and behaviors are criminalized and controlled will find this course useful.
Learning Objectives:
Principally, students will learn a set of skills with which they can analyze the social world--to make sense of social behavior without relying upon folk knowledge or what is thought to be "common sense." More specifically, students will learn the relationship between status characteristics like race, gender, age, beauty, residence etc., criminalization processes, and social control.
Grading:
The grading scale will be from 0 - 100 with each point earned or loss being on percentage point of your final grade. This way, students will always know precisely where they are in the course. There will be five assignments of varying weight, but the focus will be on the gaining and application of knowledge.
Exam Format:
There will be a few short quizzes, a group or individual project, a term paper, two shorter critical papers, and participation points.
Class Format:
My pedagogy melds abstract theoretical ideas with everyday human practices, so that students see how social theory applies to their daily lives. Thus, multimedia is key in this class, and we will watch ESPN's 30 for 30 on O.J. Simpson as a method for broaching the classes larger themes.
Workload:
​Approximately 60 pages of reading per week
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49935/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
23 October 2017

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