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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the history, concept and realities of crime and punishment with an emphasis on the increasing social significance and diversity of prisons and the penal system in American society. Prerequisites: Psych 08-103 or Soc 35-101. (F, even years)
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Course is designed to provide students with a better understanding of the structure and function of urban areas in society. Examines the dynamic relations of cities, not only in the U.S., but in the Third World. Discussions on urban processes and urban life will cover theoretical approaches and various urban problems such as poverty, ethnic minority concentration, crime in urban settings, and recent developments in urban sociology, including new network approaches to city systems and global cities. Prerequisite: Soc 35-101. (F, odd years)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the historical development of youth in Western culture and the status of youth in contemporary American society. Focuses on males and females growing up in America. Prerequisite: Soc 35-101. (F)
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3.00 Credits
Theories and causes of delinquency. Examines antisocial behavior and delinquent behavior in gangs. Prerequisite: Soc 35-101. (S)
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3.00 Credits
An examination of rule breaking behavior. This course will focus on theories of criminal, noncriminal and organizational deviance. In addition, this class will examine in some detail a variety of deviant behaviors. Included among the forms of deviance addressed are mental illness, sex related deviance, corporate crime, white-collar crime, governmental deviance, organized crime and common crime. Prerequisite: Soc 35-101. (S)
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3.00 Credits
Structures and functions of social inequality and their differential impact on life patterns. Includes theories of stratification, social class identification, social-psychological and structural variables in social mobility, life patterns in each social class and potential for change. Prerequisite: Soc 35- 101. (F, S)
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3.00 Credits
Designed to develop the student's awareness of his/her own identity in terms of ethnicity and to enhance a positive sense and recognition of the different experiences and values of the diverse minority groups within American society. Examines the beliefs and values which are embedded in various types of stereotypes and prejudice. Ethnic minority groups such as African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans will be studied. Also theoretical and social issues on women as a minority will be discussed. Prerequisite: Soc 35- 101 (F, even years)
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3.00 Credits
An introductory course probing the development of human behavior in its social context. Significant theories and methodologies in social psychology developed within the disciplines of sociology and psychology are considered, along with representative research in areas such as social perception and attribution, interpersonal attraction, aggression, altruism, role- and self-development and group processes. Prerequisites: Soc 35-101 or Psych 08-103. (F, S, SS)
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3.00 Credits
This is an introduction to the police in American society. The material is organized around the development and structure of the police as an integral part of the criminal justice process, with an emphasis on large municipal departments. The course addresses issues such as the tension between the coercive power of the police and the expectation of freedom in American society: the ability of the police, as organized, to deal with crime and disorder; the nature of role expectations and role conflict between the police and the public; the nature and effects of what is called "the police subculture," and issues of profiling, stereotyping, prejudice, and corruption. Prerequisite: Soc 35- 101. (S, even years)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore and investigate the social, cultural, and political aspects of health, illness, and the health care system. Topics in the course include social factors and the meaning of health and illness, medical dilemmas and debates, the self and illness, disparities in health and the health care systems in terms of age, gender, race/ ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and alternatives to dominant understandings of health and healing. Prerequisite: Soc 35-101. (S, odd years)
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