SOC 4102H is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2021 | SOC 4102H Section 001: Honors: Criminology (66698)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- HonorsOnline Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- honors student
- Meets With:
- SOC 4102 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (2 of 2 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This class seeks to develop an understanding of patterns of crime and punishment in the United States (including American particularities in international comparison), their social, political, economic, cultural, and institutional conditions, and how these patterns relate to broader sociological themes. We will examine a cross-section of most outstanding recent and some (by now) classical criminological and sociological books and a few articles that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. 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: · Honors 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: Honors student, [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4102+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- This course examines new trends in criminological research, i.e. innovative explanations of crime and punishment. A cross-section of recent criminology books and articles will be discussed that have attracted much attention among scholars and/or the broader public. Examples for crime theories discussed are Messner and Rosenfeld's "Crime and the American Dream," Sampson and Wilson's focus on inner city poverty and dislocation as a central root of crime, Hagan/McCarthy's "Mean Streets" with its focus on homeless youth and crime, Newman's "Rampage," a study on school shootings, and Anderson's "Code of the Street." The punishment side covers sections from books by Beckett on the role of media and politics in creating moral panics, Garland with his focus on punitive responses in times of uncertainty, and texts on international differences in punishment. A new section examines a much neglected theme: criminal violations of human rights and humanitarian law such as war crimes and genocide and control responses to them. Students read chapters from books and articles while lecture provides background information. Lecture is accompanied by discussion and small group work. 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.
- Grading:
- 60% Midterm Exam; 30% Final Exam; 10% Class Participation (for students who seek honors credit in this class only: a paper of about 12-15 pages is expected [possibly the review of a book on which students agree with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; alternative paper types can be considered]).
- Exam Format:
- multiple choice, short answer
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities small group work - Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66698/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2016
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