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Course Criteria
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Three Credits Spring Semester Particular stress is placed on basic structure of American prisons - their purposes and their effects. Focal questions include: Who goes to prison? What happens to those imprisoned? What happens to those released from prison? Prison policy development and implementation with regards to current criminological theory and research and current public opinion are discussed as a central concluding theme. Prerequisite: SO 101 or SO/CJ 201.
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Three Credits Spring Semester This course presents a comparison of the treatment of criminals by Native and Non-Native cultures. The history of criminal treatment in Anglo-American society is contrasted with the traditions of Native peoples in addressing those members who commit crimes against the community. Topics include sovereignty, religious use of peyote, banishment, return of sacred artifacts to native tribes, and the exclusion of Native religious practices in American prisons. Prerequisite: SO 101 or SO/CJ 201.
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Three Credits Spring Semester The use and abuse of alcohol in different cultures and ethnic groups is examined. Analysis of symptoms, causes, new legislation and treatment modalities concerning alcohol abuse. Special emphasis on the disease concept of alcohol and modern drinking habits.
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Three Credits Fall and Spring Semesters An examination of juvenile delinquency in American society. Topics included are the historical background and "invention" ofdelinquency, cross-cultural definitions of delinquency, theories of delinquency, social class differences, and the juvenile court system. The course critically examines the social, health, and mental health services which have been utilized by this society in attempts to prevent or "treat" delinquentbehavior. Prerequisites: SO 101 and SO/CJ 201.
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Three Credits Fall Semester Introduction to human service organization and methods. Methods, such as individual, group, and family counseling, community organization, social planning, and human service research, are considered. Organization of services into programs to address problems of child abuse, the elderly, mental illness, alcoholism, drug abuse, and crime, among others. Prerequisite: SO 101.
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Three Credits Spring Semester The course examines crime and mental illness, including social-psychological theories of crime; co-occurring psychological disorders; problem-solving courts (drug treatment, mental health, and re-entry) comprising the emerging field of "therapeutic jurisprudence";and mentally ill offenders in prison and community settings. Sociological issues of gender, class and race will be discussed wherever relevant.
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Three Credits Fall Semester The prevalence of drug abuse and the types of drugs used in our society will be considered. Special attention will be given to legislation regarding illicit drugs and prevention/intervention strategies. An historical review of Americans' attitudes and practices regarding illicit drugs will be included.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Spring 2010, 2012 Systematic analysis of major contemporary social problems with focus on their sources, patterns, consequences, and current efforts at intervention and amelioration. Prerequisite: SO 102
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Three Credits Fall Semester Due process of law; arrest; search and seizure; electronic surveillance; entrapment, right to counsel; privilege against self-incrimination; plea bargaining; double jeopardy. Limited to third year majors and minors. Prerequisite: SO/CJ 201.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits Spring Semester Principles of criminal liability, defenses to crime, the insanity defense, crimes against property, crimes against the habituation, crimes against the person, and the justification for punishment. Prerequisite: SO/CJ 201.
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