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In this course we will engage some of the most central topics in comparative environmental sociology. The course will include a balance of theoretical and empirical works on topics including the origins of environmental sociology, transnational environmental justice research, competing perspectives on economic growth and the environment, international political economy and the environment, world society and the environment, structural human ecology, and the challenges of international environmental policy development and implementation. Students will critically evaluate important written works on these and other topics, and will conduct their own comparative research project on a topic of relevance to environmental sociology.
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No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Sociologists of the past saw the study of deviance as the study of nuts, sluts, and perverts. Contemporary sociologists have a more nuanced and critical perspective on the subject. This course is an historical, theoretical, and ultimately, sociological exploration of the field of deviant behavior, describing and analyzing particular forms of socially defined deviant behavior including murder, rape, prostitution, and illegal drug use, among other topics covered.
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Who are you more likely to be victimized by-a stranger or someone known to you? How realistic are TV crime shows? These and other questions regarding crime, its context, and its causes will be answered in this class. Four major areas of criminology are explored: the history of criminology, theory of crime causation, typologies of crime, and crime prevention efforts. Specifically, students will be introduced to the nature and extent of crime, the criminal justice system, various theories explaining why crime occurs, different types of crimes, and recent efforts to deal with and prevent crime.
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Are children today more violent than in the past? What are the current trends and patterns in the delinquency committed by juveniles today? Juvenile Delinquency explore the nature and extent of delinquency, various theories explaining why juvenile delinquency occurs, and different types of delinquency, as well as the state of and issues in the juvenile justice system. Overall, the goal of this course is to enable students to think sociologically and critically about issues related to juvenile delinquency.
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3.00 Credits
Why are some cops corrupt and/or brutal? Is racial profiling a problem in the U.S? Has community policing been an effective policing policy? This course explores law enforcement at the local, state, and federal levels. Students are introduced to the nature of policing, a history of policing in the United States, different types of law enforcement agencies, different roles of police in our society, how police respond to crime, problems in policing, and experiences of police officers.
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Criminal courts and corrections are fundamental components of the U.S. criminal justice system. This course provides students with an overview of criminal courts and corrections. Topics covered include: history of U.S. courts and corrections, criminal responsibility, basis of law, structure of the courts and corrections, theories of punishment, and current issues in both the courts and corrections.
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3.00 Credits
Historically, women have been excluded from the criminological discussion. This course examines women's experiences with crime and the criminal justice system. The course covers female offenders and their treatment by the criminal justice system, female victims of crime, and female employees of the agencies of the criminal justice system and their experiences. The goal of the course is to explore all aspects of women and crime and for the students to develop an understanding of these issues and why they are important.
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Interested in profiling? This course explores the etiology, development, and current practice of the criminal thinking approach. The course begins with a brief overview of sociological and criminological theory as it relates to the criminal thinking perspective. The origin of this approach will be trace through the works of early contributors to the criminal thinking perspective. Specific criminal thinking patterns and errors will be discussed. Specific topics covered include: the criminal thinking perspective, the criminal personality, behavioral thought patterns, psychopathic and sociopathic behavior, criminal profiling, and crime and the life course.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of White Collar Crime: how it is defined, defended, prosecuted, and punished.
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