Fall 2020  |  SOC 3101H Section 001: Honors: Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System (31556)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Honors
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
honors student
Meets With:
SOC 3101 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Mon 05:30PM - 08:00PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (12 of 12 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course introduces students to a sociological account of the U.S. criminal justice system. We will critically examine the components, dynamics, and effects of policing, criminal courts, community supervision, jails, and prisons. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender inequalities as well as long-term problems associated with the high rate of criminal justice supervision in the U.S. Additional special assignments will be discussed with honors participants who seek to earn honors credit toward the end of our first class session. Examples of additional requirements may include: · Honor students will be expected to interview a current Sociology graduate student working on a LCD topic. Following this, each student will individually be expected to do an in-class power-point presentation explaining how the interviewees? research relates with themes presented in the course. Students will also be expected to meet as a group and individually with the professor four times during the course semester. · Sign up and prepare 3-4 discussion questions in advance of at least one class session. · Work with professor and TA on other small leadership tasks (class discussion, paper exchange, tour). · Write two brief (1-page) reflection papers on current news, or a two-page critique of a class reading · Attend a presentation, workshop, or seminar on a related topic for this class and write a 2 page maximum reflective paper. prereq: [SOC 1001] recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F, honors
Class Notes:
This course is completely online and semi-synchronous. We will meet as a class online during the first half of the scheduled time. The second half of the class time will be spent on asynchronous online course work. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC3101H+Fall2020
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 certain behaviors are defined as crime, how police and the courts function, and the experience of imprisonment and barriers individuals face after they are released from prison. We will also investigate how police, jails, prisons, and other criminal justice agencies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the course, we focus on sociological understandings of these processes, with particular attention to ethnic,racial, class, and gender inequality. Assignments will include books, reports, articles, podcasts, and documentaries.

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.

Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion, depth and to a degree length of writing assignments, presentations, and leadership of the students. Honors students are expected to demonstrate greater depth of discussion and will be assigned additional reading and writing assignments.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Students interested in the criminal justice system.
Learning Objectives:
To become familiar with the criminal justice system in the United States.
Grading:
50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Essay
25% Final Essay or Project
Exam Format:
Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
Class Format:
50% Quizzes + Participation
25% Midterm Essay
25% Final Essay or Project
Workload:
50-100 Pages Reading Per Week
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31556/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 July 2020

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