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3.00 Credits
SOCI 385 -- The Sociology of Troubled Youth (3) This course explores, describes and analyzes various societal influences that shape young people toward or away from criminal and deviant involvements. Substantive topics include processes of subcultural formation, various meanings of style, influences of popular culture, media and technology, the family, school experiences, peer influences, part-time jobs, sports involvement, youth gangs, correctional facilities, and selected case studies. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
SOCI 387 -- Sociology of Policing (3) Examines the processes and structures of policing in North America. Attention will be paid to the development of an analytic framework that incorporates historical, legal, economic and sociological perspectives. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. As demand warrants.
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3.00 Credits
SOCI 388 -- Violent Crime (3) This course examines the patterns, causes and prevention of violent crime in the United States. By examining violence as both a behavior separate from criminal activity as well as a criminal act, we will examine how violence is transformed into criminal voilence as a social process. Through an examination of the social construction of violence throughout history and various cultures, this course will explore various categories of violent crime. Prerequisite: SOCI 101.
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3.00 Credits
SOCI 390 -- Sociology of Mental Illness (3) Social influences on field of mental illness and mental health. Definition, causes and treatment of mental illness. Emphasis on current theories of mental illness, client rights, emerging trends in therapy and relationship between mental illness and crime. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. Fall.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
SOCI 435 -- Correction and Punishment (3) Programs, processes, changing orientations and resistance to innovation in corrective system. Adjudication through probation, incarceration and parole; reintegration of offender; effects on inmates, administrations, policy makers and general public. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. Offered annually, Fall or Spring.
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3.00 Credits
SOCI 450 -- White-Collar and Organized Crime (3) Sociological examination of two pervasive forms of illegal behavior; focus: complex interrelationship of crime patterns to social, economic and political structures and cross-national aspects. Major emphases: analyses of recent research related to organizational facets of white-collar crime in corporate, professional and political dimensions; three major areas of organized criminal patterns, myths and reality of this aspect of the crime problem. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. As demand warrants.
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3.00 Credits
SOCI 455 -- Deviance and Social Control (3) Social definitions of deviance, i.e., changing perspectives and concepts related to legal and non-legal nonconformity. Relevant changing justifications and arrangements for social control. Socio-historical case-study approach analyzes and describes various types of deviant behavior. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
SOCI 465 -- Sociology of Health and Illness (3) Aspects of Illness behavior and interface of individuals and health care system. Epidemiology of diseases, approaches to wellness, and health care policy are also examined. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. Fall.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
SOCI 470 -- Field Research/Practicum (3-12) Fieldwork or placement at an agency of student's choice under supervision of faculty member. A field study of sociologically significant situations, problems and/or issues will be completed. Pre-requisites: Appropriate upper-division sociology coursework in consultation with sponsoring faculty member and permission. May be taken twice, but no more than 6 semester hours counted for major.
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