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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
An academic project other than research carried out under the supervision of a CP faculty member. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: Permission of the CP faculty.
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide students with an introduction to the social scientific study of crime. Students will explore quantitative & qualitative evidence concerning various types of crime (e.g murder, robbery, rape, domestic violence, child abuse, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, organized crime, international crime, and white collar crime). Also, they will explore crime statistics concerning the demographic dimensions of crime (i.e. age, race, sex and class). Students will be provided with a brief introduction to biological, psychological, and sociological explanations of crime and criminals. Finally, students will learn to assess conservative, liberal and radical explanations of historical crime trends, and to examine the impact of the criminal justice system (i.e. police, courts, corrections) on rates of crime. Normally offered every semester. Prerequisite: ECII placement or equivalent
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to theories and research findings concerning causes of juvenile delinquency in U.S. society. In addition, social policies designed to address delinquency as a social problem will be explored. Normally offered every semester. Prerequisite: ECII placement or equivalent
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the ways that media and cultural processes socially construct crime in modern society. Drawing on the latest theories of culture and crime, students will investigate the relationships among mass media, individual agency, actual crime and criminal justice. Emphasis will be on crime news, popular representations of crime, contemporary media portrayals of different types of crime and their interactions with racial, ethnic, class and gender stereotypes. Offered every year. Prerequisite: ECII.
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4.00 Credits
This course will examine the role of gender in the criminal legal system. It will cover the relative status of women and men from the late 19th century to the present, and the process of becoming full and equal participants in society. The course will use major sociological theories of gender difference to understand offenders and defendants; prisoners; law enforcement professionals; and victims of this system. Current programs for community based justice and the tension between theories of gender difference, practices and programs for women in the legal system, and conservative and feminist political views regarding the abilities and disabilities of women will also be included. Offered every year Prerequisite: CR 2500; EMS
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4.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the sociology of punishment and corrections. The historical development and form of modern corrections systems in the United States are explored. Various punishment and corrections strategies, ideologies, and policy alternatives are assessed. Normally offered every semester. Prerequisite: EMS
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to theory and research about individuals and specific populations that have been victimized by interpersonal, institutional and state sanctioned violence and abuse. Specific topics may include domestic violence and incest, rape, biased-related crimes, and post-trauma syndrome as a result of war, torture social or environmental catastrophes. Students will also become acquainted with the variety of social services, specialized programs within the criminal justice system and practitioners who treat "survivors" of violence and abuse. Normally offered every year. Prerequisite: EMS
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4.00 Credits
The administration, organization and management practices within the various components of the criminal justice system. The dynamics of operational structures and functions within the court systems, corrections, and the police are analyzed. Normally offered every year. Prerequisite : EMS.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the use of drugs not only in contempo- rary American society, but also cross-culturally. The course is arranged so that the material progresses from sub- stances utilized in their natural forms, up to technological "designer" drugs. The problems and virtues of objectively and subjectively studying drug efects are extensively addressed. The history of specific substances is exhaus- tively explored, so that students may see how modern repre- sentations and use of substances such as caffeine, mari- juana, cocaine, etc., differ from other areas. Students are taught to think critically about drug information presented by the government, media, and pharmaceutical industries. The course investigates how drug use varies by class, race and sex. The course integrates all of this knowledge to critically assess current drug laws and policies. Offered every year. Prerequisite: EMS
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a sociological inquiry into the various manifestations of violence in societies, including interpersonal forms of violence such as homicide, rape, and physical assault as well as collective forms of violence such as state-sponsored violence, war, genocide, terrorism, and torture. Specific attention will be paid to the sociological causes and effects of individual and collective violent actions. Offered every year Prerequisites: CR 2500; EMS
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