SOC 455 - Sociology of Corrections

Institution:

Western Illinois University

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Description:

An analysis of correctional institutions, including the inmate structure, custodial and administrative personnel, treatment programs, and the social factors which affect prison structure and function. Prerequisites: Soc 100 and one additional sociology course, or consent of instructor. The Family. (3) Institutions and systems of kinship, marriage, family grouping, child rearing, personal maintenance, and status placement. Prerequisites: Soc 100 and one additional sociology course, or consent of instructor. Educational Sociology. (3) A comparative and functional analysis of education as an institution; the interaction of education and other institutions; and the relation of education to social change. Prerequisites: Soc 100 and one additional sociology course, or consent of instructor. Political Sociology. (3) An analysis of power structures, decision-making systems, conflict, conflict resolution, and various theories of power. Prerequisites: Soc 100 and one additional sociology course, or consent of instructor. Sociology of Religion. (3) An analysis of religious groups and institutions, a comparison of religion in sacred and secular societies, and the effect of religion on behavior and social institutions. Prerequisites: Soc 100 and one additional sociology course, or consent of instructor. Deviance, Crime and Control in Socio-Historical Perspective. (3) Historical conceptions of deviance, origins of prisons, asylums; emergence of police; rates and types of deviance and varieties of social control in particular historical periods. Prerequisites: Soc 100 and one additional sociology course, or consent of instructor.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wiu.edu

Phone Number:

(309) 295-1414

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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