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Race, Class and Gender Explores the intersection of race, class, and gender in social relations. Uses a wide variety of theoretical perspectives to investigate the ways that race, class, and gender are intersected and the impact this interrelationship has on the experiences and opportunities of individuals and their social location. Cross listed with WMS 529 and ANT 529. 3 credits.
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Prerequisite: Graduate Student or Instructor Permission
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Sociology of Religion This course explores sociological perspectives on religion as a source of both social change and resistance to social change. Religious influences on policy and discourse nationally and globally are examined, along with sociological models of religious experience, identity, affiliation and structure. 3 credits.
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Criminal Justice and Minorities Sociological investigation of disparities in rates of minority status persons as victims and convicted perpetrators of crime. Biases of police, courts, correctional agencies. Possible preemptive measures on both community and socio-economic levels. 3 credits.
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Juvenile Delinquency Definition of delinquency, classifications of delinquents, and theories of causation. The juvenile justice system and the current controversies surrounding the treatment and control of delinquency. 3 credits
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Correctional Policies and Agencies Current practices in the treatment of criminals. Historical as well as contemporary overview of penal institutions, halfway houses, probation, parole, and alternative programs. Evaluation of punitive and rehabilitative approaches. 3 credits
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The Changing Family Contemporary families and problems relating to poverty, minority status, illness, rapid social change. Alternative family life styles and the future of the family. 3 credits
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Crime and the Criminal Sociological theory and data on the causes, persistence and possible prevention of crime, the changing social dimensions of crime, legal and political agendas, and the socialization and role enactment of being a criminal. 3 credits.
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Sociology of Deviant Behavior Explanations of deviance: mental illness, alcoholism, drug addiction, sexual deviations, family disruptions, suicide, crime and delinquency, and discrimination. 3 credits
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Research Methods in Sociology Analysis of the logic of scientific investigation of social phenomena; theory construction, and the relation between theory and research with examples from studies in sociology and anthropology. Survey of major procedures and principle techniques of empirical work, and practical familiarity with some phases of the research process. Formerly SOC 591. 3 credits
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