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  • SOC 3563: Police and Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    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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  • SOC 3564: Locked Up!

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    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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  • SOC 3565: Women and Crime

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    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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  • SOC 3566: Society & the Crim Mind

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    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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  • SOC 3567: Corporations&Corruption

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    An analysis of White Collar Crime: how it is defined, defended, prosecuted, and punished.
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  • SOC 3568: Sociology of Law

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    A dominant theme among many sociologists, jurists, and philosophers is that a primary function of law is to bring about social change. To this end, sociology of law will be explored through both historic and modern perspectives. Sociological conditions that give rise to major legal developments will be explored through key appellate and supreme courts cases. An additional emphasis of the course will be to investigate what role sociology and other social sciences should play in the process of making new laws and abolishing obsolete ones. Specific topics covered include: the incarceration binge, the treatment of white collar criminals and sex offenders, reproductive freedom, and death row.
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  • SOC 3569: Terrorism Violence Aggr

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    As citizens of an increasingly complex and often terrifying world, we live with daily threats of terrorism, violence, and aggression to greater or lesser degrees. Students of sociology and criminology have long been concerned with these uneasy topics, and continue to pursue some understanding of perpetrators, conditions, societal structures, and political regimes that may encourage such hostility toward one's fellowman. This course will explore various aspects of these subjects as they relate primarily to contemporary life and society.
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  • SOC 3570: Gangs and Gang Violence

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will examine the history and development of gang culture in America. From the beginnings of immigrant gangs in the 1800's to present day gang activity, classified as "organized crime" by many in law enforcement, we will examine the development of modern gang activity and violence in contemporary society. We will explore the effects of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, and family structure on the growth affiliation and activity. Sociological theory will used to gain an understanding of gangs and gang activity historically and in contemporary society.
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  • SOC 3571: Murder in America

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    On average, about 16,500 people are murdered each year in the United States. While murder continues to intrigue, horrify, and mystify most Americans, it is a subject that is plagued by misinformation, stereotypes, misunderstanding, and a lack of scientific rigor. The objective of this class is to review the literature on several different dimensions of murder so as to gain a better understanding of what constitutes murder, how it has been defined both historically and sociologically, and investigate its overall role and function to society and the criminal justice system?
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  • SOC 3572: Intim Partnr Viol Globl

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course addresses concerns about intimate partner violence (IPV) across the globe. The following geographical regions will be covered: Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania. Topics include, the meaning, nature, and types of IPV, cultural factors, theories which attempt to explain IPV, preventive measures and strategies for dealing with IPV, criminal justice and legal responses to IPV, health consequences of IPV, and cross-cultural and/or national variation on these issues related to IPV.
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