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SOC 3102 is also offered in Fall 2023
SOC 3102 is also offered in Spring 2023
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SOC 3102 is also offered in Spring 2022
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Spring 2023 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Criminal Behavior and Social Control (52663)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 150
- 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 course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?robe1930+SOC3102+Spring2023
- Class Description:
This course examines 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. The first half of the course will focus on how society defines, measures, and explains (i.e., identifies causes of) crime. We will then examine how society tries to prevent and control crime in the second half of the class. Some important questions that will guide our course include: How does criminal behavior and social control change across time and space? What is the relationship between status characteristics like race, class gender, sexuality, and the classification and controlling of some behaviors versus others?
- Learning Objectives:
To learn how sociologists define, measure, and explain the causes of crime and criminal behavior.
To assess the implications of crime control strategies for crime and social control
- Grading:
50% In-Class Participation and Quizzes
30% Papers (2 papers, 15% each)
20% Final Exam
- Exam Format:
Multiple choice, short answers, and essays
- Class Format:
30% Lecture
40% Discussion
30% In-Class Activities (i.e., individual and group activities, films, etc).
- Workload:
Approximately 50 pages of reading per week (i.e., academic research articles, newspaper articles and blogs, etc)
Weekly quizzes (short essay or multiple choice) submitted via Canvas
1 Reflection paper (2-4 pages; double-spaced)
1 Concept/Application paper (4-6 pages; double-spaced)
Final Exam
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52663/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 November 2022
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