Spring 2023  |  SOC 4108 Section 001: Current Issues in Crime Control (65635)

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
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 120
Enrollment Status:
Open (34 of 55 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F
Class Notes:
Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?phelps+SOC4108+Spring2023
Class Description:
Over the past decade, the criminal justice system has been pushed to reform and change---from calls to end police violence and make "Black Lives Matter" to demands that the U.S. cut its prison population in half and abolish mass supervision. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, advocates called for radically reducing incarceration as a public health measure. Yet by 2022, we are also seeing a resurgence of "tough on crime" politics, calling for more policing and harsher punishment as a response to a spike in homicide rates. This class covers this past decade of advocacy, reform, and retrenchment, asking how criminal justice systems have (and have not) moved into the 21st century.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Students interested in understanding more about contemporary criminal justice practices in the U.S. There is no prerequisite, but students may benefit from having taken Sociology 1101 or 3101 in advance.
Learning Objectives:
Familiarity with contemporary crime trends, criminal justice reform successes and pitfalls, and the politics of crime in the U.S.
Grading:
Grades will be based on participation, essay exams, and final projects.
Exam Format:
Essay-based
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Workload:
100 Pages Reading Per Week
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65635/1233
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 November 2022

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