SOC 4102 is also offered in Fall 2023
SOC 4102 is also offered in Summer 2023
SOC 4102 is also offered in Spring 2022
Summer 2023 | SOC 4102 Section 001: Criminology (87350)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Open (13 of 35 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. prereq: [SOC 3101 or SOC 3102 or instr consent], Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- This online class will meet weekly synchronously online at the scheduled day and time. The other weekly lecture will be shared asynchronously each week. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?curry192+SOC4102+Summer2023
- Class Description:
- This seminar examines involvement in crime and violence. First, it surveys classical and contemporary perspectives in criminological theory. We will examine the assumptions, logical structure, and etiological dimensions of various perspectives that seek to explain crime. We will further consider various empirical tests of these different approaches to understanding offending. Second, it examines research on the nature of offending in society. This involves issues of specialization, escalation and desistance, predictability of offending, stability and change in involvement in crime over the life course, and other general issues of offending within- and across people. This course might be useful to someone specializing in law, crime, and deviance or someone anticipating doing research on issues of crime and criminal justice.
- Grading:
- 40% exams; 40% papers; 10% Class Participation; 10% class discussion
- Exam Format:
- 8 Short essay on-line
- Class Format:
- Meet Thursday's 5-8:30
- Workload:
- Read 2 chapters and article, essay exam, paper and online class discussion
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87350/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 May 2023
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