SOC 1101 is also offered in Spring 2025
SOC 1101 is also offered in Fall 2024
SOC 1101 is also offered in Spring 2024
SOC 1101 is also offered in Fall 2023
SOC 1101 is also offered in Spring 2023
SOC 1101 is also offered in Fall 2022
SOC 1101 is also offered in Spring 2022
SOC 1101 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2022 | SOC 1101 Section 001: Law, Crime, & Punishment (54808)
- 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
Tue,
Thu 08:15AM - 09:30AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
Open (58 of 80 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:
- Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferrales+SOC1101+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- This introductory course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the main theoretical perspectives and empirical findings that dominate socio-legal studies and contemporary criminology. Drawing from an interdisciplinary social science perspective, we examine the connections and relationships between law, crime, and punishment with a particular focus on how forms of social control institutionalize, legitimize and perpetuate inequality. The course is comprised of two units. First, we will critically analyze central theoretical traditions in criminology with an emphasis on theories currently shaping research in the field. The second unit will include an examination of contemporary case studies in several substantive areas. Thematic topics to be discussed include law and social control; the impact of criminal record and race on the employment of ex-offenders; the effect of juvenile justice criminal policies on urban youth; and alternatives to policing and police reform.
- 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 Papers1 Reading Reflection
1 Class Presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54808/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 October 2021
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2022 Sociology Classes