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department Criminal Justice-COLL (X) |
K300 is the second half of a research methods-data analysis sequence. This is an introductory course in statistical analysis that covers the properties of single variables and statistical inference. It is designed for students in criminology and criminal justice courses in that all of our examples will employ crime data and criminological issues. In this course, we will study both descriptive and inferential statistics, although our emphasis will be on the latter. Students are required to have taken Math 014 (Basic Algebra) or its equivalent prior to taking this course. Basic computation skills and some knowledge of mathematics is required and assumed. Class will meet for two 50-minute lectures each week. Students are also required to attend a weekly discussion section. Class meeting: Monday and Wednesday, 2:30-3:20, WH 009 Course Will Satisfy: CJUS core requirement P - CJUS P290 Instructor: Helen Levesque, criminal justice department
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This course is a broad overview of crime, its measurement, attempts at explaining criminal behavior, and the structure and function of the criminal justice system. More specifically, the objectives of this course are: 1. To show how the definition of what is a crime changes over time and how other (more harmful) acts other than traditional street crimes have not traditionally been defined as criminal. 2. To introduce you to how scientific inquiry is conducted on criminal behavior or the behavior of criminal justice actors through the usage of theories as explanations. 3. To increase your understanding about the key distinction between "law on the books" (in the form of official rules or laws) and law in action (in terms of the actual behavior of criminal justice actors) within the criminal justice system). 4. To introduce you to the structure and process of the criminal justice system. 5. To expose you to the prevalence and implications of discretionary decisionmaking in the criminal justice system. Class Meeting: Two 50-minute lectures (Monday and Wednesday, 10:10- 11:00) and one 50-minute discussion section each week. Instructor: Professor Richard Spano, Criminal Justice Department
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This course focuses on the administration of criminal justice. We will explore the decision-making process whereby some citizens become suspects, some suspects become defendants, some defendants are convicted and in turn become probationers, inmates, and parolees. This will be accomplished by examining the operational practices at the major criminal justice decision-making stages (i.e., police, courts and corrections). Contemporary problems and issues in criminal justice administration will be highlighted and contrasted with the unique history of American criminal justice. This is a required course for all criminal justice majors, and also fulfills distribution requirements for other schools in the College of Arts & Sciences. The course will be divided into four roughly equal parts. Part One will focus on some basic history and definitions of terms, as well as an examination of the definition of crime. Part Two will focus primarily on the apprehension of persons suspected of committing crime, with a heavy emphasis on the role of the police. Part Three will examine the workings of the courts and the actors (such as prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys) who work in the judicial system. We will also discuss sentencing issues and the death penalty. Part Four will explore the correctional system by examining some punishment rationales, prisons and their history, and community corrections. Readings: To be announced Requirements: There will be four examinations (and a few pop quizzes) in this course, corresponding to the four parts discussed. Exams & quizzes will be primarily objective in nature (mostly multiple choice with some true/false). The exam questions will be taken from the textbook and from class lectures. Quizzes will be administered at random during this course of the semester and may occur during lecture or discussion sections. Class Meeting: Two 50-minute lectures (Tuesday and Thursday 9:30- 10:20) and one 50-minute discussion section each week. Instructor: Bill Head, Criminal Justice Department
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Few subjects capture attention and arouse curiosity more than crime. Movie themes revolve around it, the media feeds upon it, and politicians declare war on it. While crime trends have remained relatively stable over the past twenty years, certain forms of crime, involving certain subgroups, have fluctuated significantly in recent times. The goal of this course is to better understand crime trends and the nature and causes of criminal activity. The focus of this course is on the offender, and the factors, circumstances or conditions that influence involvement in law violating behavior. We begin with a discussion of what we mean by crime and social control. We then move on to talk about the nature and extent of crime, paying particularly close attention to the way we measure crime and the impact that measurement problems have on our systems of social control. (For example, most of our measures of crime do not include white collar crimes, yet these offenses involve greater financial and physical harms that do many so-called common crimes). We will then examine the major theories that attempt to explain criminal behavior. We will begin with constitutional theories, which suggest that criminal behavior is the product of the biological and psychological constitution of the individual. This will be followed by sociological theories -- those that account for criminal behavior by examining the social environment of both individuals and groups. In the process,we will look at such factors as the community, the family, peers, schools, economic structures, etc., to better understand the role they play in shaping conduct norms. Finally, we will examine the role of opportunity structures for crime that facilitate or impede law breaking behavior. Readings: To be announced. Requirements: One essay exam (rewrites possible) One multiple choice exam One final exam (multiple choice) Class Meeting: Two 50-minute lectures (Monday and Wednesday, 12:20- 1:10)and one 50-minute discussion section each week Course Will Satisfy: CJUS core requirement Course Will Satisfy: Social/Historical Studies (Social Inquiry distribution requirement) Instructor: Professor Kip Schlegel, Criminal Justice Department
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The main objective of this course is to explore alternative methods of social control. We will discuss various ways of social control - informal, medical, and legal and look at alternative methods that could be used to attain the social control goal. The main alternative methods of social control, Restorative Justice and Peacemaking will be analyzed in detail. To this end, case studies will be cited to emphasize on a particular method. Readings: James Chriss (2007). Social Control: An introduction, Polity Press Class meeting: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00-2:15, BH 347 Instructor: Simeon Sungi, criminal justice department
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This class will offer students an opportunity to explore crime, violence, and social control through a variety of perspectives and provide the opportunity to question and criticize the current system of social control. Typically, criminals are dealt with through institutions of control  police, prisons, jails, and post- incarceration supervision. While these methods are theorized to reduce crime, in reality, higher arrest rates and increased prison populations indicate that historically, the crime rate has never been higher. Beyond criminal justice, social control is exerted through other social institutions like education, popular culture, the media, and religion. In this class, we will start by critically examining models of social control such as the war on drugs, war on crime, torture, racism, human trafficking, discrimination and oppression, and we will critically evaluate controversial alternatives such as the drug decriminalization, prison abolition, and amnesty. We will also discuss alternative models of social control peacemaking, non-violence, restorative justice, and mediation Engaging in this process will also require us to examine our own definitions of crime, terrorism, law, punishment, and violence. The class will offer an analysis of the normative definitions of these concepts through such lenses as racism, colonialism, imperialism, patriarchy, and capitalism. We will question how these concepts take on meaning, explore the power that is exerted through them, and discuss how different lenses may shape our understanding of them in different ways. The class will be broad in scope, encompassing issues as diverse as domestic criminal justice policies, international relations, and colonialism and anti-colonial struggles, and particular attention will be paid to the role of the prison in the maintenance of social control in the U.S. Current events will be weaved into the class where possible. This class will be discussion-based, with lectures and occasional film screenings. Assignments include weekly reflection papers, a presentation, attendance, and participation. Class Meetings: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:15-12:30, BH 013 Instructor: Doug Evans, criminal justice department
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This class offers students an opportunity to learn about, question, criticize and construct alternative models of approaching crime, conflict, and violence. In the United States, and increasingly around the world, these phenomena are dealt with through institutions such as prisons and jails, law enforcement, and the military. Of no less importance, though certainly subtler, is the embracement of this approach that is made possible through the ideological control exerted through education, popular culture, media, and religion. In this class, students will discuss ways of altering our relationships to the current models of crime control and punishment, through examining ideas such as prison abolition and drug decriminalization. Students will also be exposed to alternative models of dealing with conflict, crime, and violence, including restorative justice, mediation, non-violence, and peacemaking. Engaging in this process will also require us to examine our own definitions of crime, terrorism, law, punishment, and violence. The class will offer an analysis of the normative definitions of these concepts through such lenses as racism, colonialism, imperialism, patriarchy, and capitalism. We will question how these concepts take on meaning, explore the power that is exerted through them, and discuss how different lenses may shape our understanding of them in different ways. The class will be broad in scope, encompassing issues as diverse as domestic criminal justice policies, international relations, and colonialism and anti-colonial struggles, and particular attention will be paid to the role of the prison in the maintenance of social control in the U.S. We will examine this institution in its historical context and present day existence as an Âindustrial complexÂ, and study the reach of Âcarceral strategies into our communities. This class will be discussion-based, with instructor lectures and occasional film screenings. Grading Criteria:  Attendance and Participation  Journals/Reflection papers  Optional Final Project/Paper Class Meetings: Monday and Wednesday, 2:30-3:45 Instructor: Judah Schept, criminal justice department
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P290 is an introductory course in research methods. The course is designed to introduce you to research design, various research methods (including experimentation, survey research, and field research), and basic data analysis. Particular attention is paid to the advantages and limitations of different research designs. In an attempt to increase the relevance and the likelihood that you will understand the substance of the course, a hands-on format has been adopted. In particular, there will be regular lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but most of the Friday discussion classes will be devoted to completing exercises that require students to apply the substance of the lectures: students will write, administer and analyze their own surveys. Readings: to be announced Requirements: Grades will be based on three exams as well as completion of exercises in discussion classes. Class Meeting: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:15-12:05 Instructor: Professor Marla Sandys, criminal justice department
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Course Description: The focus of this course will be examination of a wide range of topics related to sex offenders. Such issue as: theories of deviance, sex crimes, sex addiction, pedophilia, adolescent offenders, rape and sexual assault, criminal justice response, predator laws, risk assessment, and treatment of offenders will be discussed. The format of the course will be lecture/discussion and review of relevant videos. The content will be of special interest to future investigators, prosecutors, police officers, probations, and treatment specialists. Background in criminal justice, sociology, psychology, and counseling will be helpful. Class meeting: Wednesday, 5:45-8:15 p.m. Instructor: R. Dwight Noble, criminal justice department
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The interplay between gender, crime, and criminal justice received very little attention in the sociological and criminological literatures prior to the 1980s. WomenÂs involvement in crime has been historically overlooked in theory, research, and programming. Indeed, one of the key points made by feminist theorists and gender researchers studying crime is that females and gender have been either neglected, or researchers have explained female behavior using traditional theoretical approaches based on male behavior, rather than considering the unique ways that gender may affect crime and criminal justice experiences. Since much of the information about crime and the criminal justice system is presented in relation to men, a course focused on women fills a tremendous gap in the criminal justice discourse. The goal of this course is to provide a general understanding of womenÂs victimization, criminal behavior, and treatment by the criminal justice system. We will examine the prevalence and impact domestic violence and sexual assault in the lives of women; we will explore explanations of womenÂs violence and offending, including the effects of poverty, substance use, and previous victimization history; and conclude with an examination of womenÂs experiences in court and in prison. Throughout this course, we will focus on the development of important skills and capacities. These skills include identifying and evaluating arguments, comparing and applying theoretical approaches, analytical thinking, developing and supporting arguments, and many others. Each of the assignments will be oriented toward the development of these skills. Class meeting: Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30-3:45, BH 005 Instructor: Professor Veronica Herrera, criminal justice department
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The main objective of this course is to provide you with a basic sociological understanding of the interactional relationship between law and society. This means that we will not be reading court cases and Âblack-letter law, but instead we will focus on the construction of legal codes and their societal ramifications. Following an introduction to the origins of law, different types of legal systems, and philosophies of punishment, we will examine law as both a dependent variable (i.e., how laws are created or changed by social pressure) and as an independent variable (i.e., law as a mechanism for social change). This will allow us to see how law works both as a tool for the protection of freedoms and for social exploitation. Class Meeting: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00-5:15 Instructor: Professor William Alex Pridemore, criminal justice department
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This class will discuss and explore all aspects of criminal prosecution. Through class readings and discussions we will examine all phases of prosecution which will include the decisions pertaining to the filing of criminal charges, negotiated plea agreements, and the attaining of criminal convictions. The course will also discuss how a prosecutorÂs office interacts with other divisions of the criminal justice system such as the courts, law enforcement and the defense bar. This will be accomplished through textbook reading assignments, classroom lecture, and case study. The weekly course lectures will complement, but not duplicate the reading. Class meeting: Tuesday and Thursday, 4:00-5:15 Instructor: Mary Ellen Diekhoff, Criminal Justice Department
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This course explores the individuals, not for profit agencies, and corporations that exist to supplement the efforts of the traditional criminal justice system maintained by local, state, and the federal governments. Every segment of the criminal justice has a private counterpart, and these entities have received scant attention from criminal justice researchers. Many guest speakers will be utilized to expose students to possible career opportunities. The course will track through the criminal justice system, examining private policing, private judicial practitioners, private prisons, and private juvenile centers. Course requirements typically include a mid-term and final exam, as well as a group project that examines in detail a specific area of criminal justice privatization. Class meeting: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00-2:15 Instructor: Professor Bill Head, criminal justice department
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"Courts and Criminal Justice" takes a social science perspective on the criminal courts. We begin by considering the place of courts in the political system, including the structure of the federal and state judicial systems and the selection, roles, and working environments of the major participants. Against this background, we review the stages in the processing of criminal cases and consider several stages -- e.g., the decision to charge, pleas, and sentencing -- in detail. In all our discussions, we will be concerned explaining how courts allocate rewards and penalties to defendants, victims, court participants, and the community at large. Required Readings: Baum, Lawrence. 2008. American Courts: Process and Policy. 6th edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Feige, David. 2006. Indefensible: One LawyerÂs Journey into the Inferno of American Justice. New York: Little Brown and Company. In addition to these books, we will read articles and book chapters on specific topics, including for example, Stanko, Elizabeth Anne. 1981-82. "The Impact of Victim Assessment on Prosecutor's Charging Decisions." Law and Society Review 17:225- 39. Berman, Greg, and John Feinblatt. Good Courts: The Case for Problem- Solving Justice. With Susan Glazer. New York: The New Press, 2004, Chapter 2, ÂWhat are Problem-solving Courts? pp. 31-58, and pp.97- 117. Eisenstein, Flemming, and Nardulli. 1988. The Contours of Justice: Communities and their Courts. Boston: Little Brown, Chapter 2, pp. 22-54 Requirements: Class meetings will combine lecture, discussion, and in-class exercises. Students also will be required to participate in an in-class simulation of the plea bargaining process. Students' performance will be evaluated through in-class exercises, mid-term and final exams, and participation in and report on the plea bargaining simulation. The examinations may consist of multiple choice, short answer, or essay questions. Answers will be graded on accuracy, completeness, clarity, and organization. Class Meeting: Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30-3:45, WH 007 Instructor: Professor Mary Lee Luskin, Criminal Justice Department
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The theoretical, historical, cultural, and structural developments within the American probation and parole industry will be presented and explored. Probation and parole's association and interrelatedness with criminal justice subsystems such as police, the courts, and corrections will be addressed. The course is partially designed to assist criminal justice and social science majors in finalizing career decisions about probation and parole employment. A prison field trip is required. Course will draw heavily upon current and cutting-edge practices within probation and parole through references to directions and initiatives active within the American Probation and Parole Association and the National Association of Probation Executives. Future programmatic trends and shifts in rehabilitative/correctional programming and probation/parole administration will also be reviewed. Class meeting: Tuesdays, 5:45-8:15 Instructor: Robert Bingham, criminal justice department
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This course examines the popular fascination with deviance using a cross-cultural perspective. We approach the subject through three complementary modes of conveying knowledge: criminology, ethnography, and the graphic novel. These genres analyze and represent deviant images in a range of sociocultural and historical contexts, thereby bringing our attention to the diverse ways that people define, theorize, and enact nonconformity and justify social control. PfohlÂs textbook is an innovative examination of the major theories of deviance as they were conceptualized in historical context and transformed over successive scholarly generations. Criminological theories include the demonic, classical, pathological, anomie and labeling theories as well as more recent reflexive approaches to power based on analyses of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. In conjunction, we read KaneÂs ethnography about the intersection of AIDS with drug- and sex- related behaviors that link viral risk with deviance in the social imagination, with dramatic consequences in criminal law and public health. The ethnography draws from data collected by means of participant observation, mass media representations, and legal decisions in both the United States and Belize to show how images that meld risk and deviance create different effects as they circulate around the globe. We also read SpiegelmanÂs celebrated graphic novel, created in his unique allegorical style. Drawing on the stories of his father, a Holocaust survivor, the artist leads us into the subject of the confusion and terror that overcomes citizens when their nation-state and government becomes deviant. As we build our understanding to analyze the important debates in criminal justice and cultural politics that we are currently facing, we focus particular attention on the gap between the symbolic power of images and the often mundane realities of acts. Required Texts: Kane, Stephanie. 1998. AIDS Alibis: Sex, Drugs, and Crime in the Americas. Philadelphia: Temple University press. Pfohl, Stephen. Images of Deviance and Social Control. Second Edition. Waveland Press. Spiegelman, Art. 1986. Maus: A SurvivorÂs Tale. I: My Father Bleeds History. New York: Pantheon. [Note: A copy of each book is on reserve at the library.] Class meeting: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30-3:45, BH 005 Instructor: Professor Stephanie Kane, criminal justice department
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This course exposes students to the fundamentals of criminal investigation. Students will become familiar with the agencies involved in the investigation of crime, best practices in criminal investigation, and the criminal justice system as it relates to the investigator. This will be accomplished through textbook reading assignments, classroom lecture, and case study. The weekly course lectures will compliment, but not duplicate the reading. Throughout the course, there will be guest presenters who are actively involved in real-life criminal investigations and have specialized experience and expertise in specific fields. An investigation case study will be a focal point of the course. In this case study, the students will be exposed to, and examine, an actual death investigation. Each student will then write a paper using the case study and the information gleaned throughout the course as reference. Course topics include: The investigative process, search and seizure, investigative agencies, interview and interrogation, crime scene management, evidence collection, narcotics investigation, white collar crime, cyber crime, intelligence gathering, sex crimes, violent crimes, property crimes, terrorism, and case and court preparation. Class meeting: Monday, 5:45 - 8:15 Instructor: Charles Cohen, Criminal Justice Department
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Introduction to jurisprudential philosophy and case study of common law and statutory crimes, including functions and development of substantive criminal law, elements of specific offenses, and defenses. Class meeting: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:15-12:15 Instructor: Professor Steve Russell, criminal justice department
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This course is a review of literature in a particular area of criminal justice in preparation of writing an honors thesis. Requirements: Determined by the faculty sponsor of the project. Prerequisites: Approval of departmental honors adviser. Class Meeting: Arranged Authorization is required Instructor: Professor Roger Levesque, Criminal Justice Department
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If you are enrolled in P411, it is possible that someday you will be working professionally in the criminal justice system or a related agency. Whether you find yourself in an entry-, middle-, or upper- level position, your own vision of justice will be transformed by the daily life of your new organization. Whether working in law enforcement, court systems, prisons, probation, parole, victim advocacy, dispute settlement, juvenile justice, etc., you will face obstacles and issues that all professionals encounter. You will have to know something about how to organize and work with large groups of people, about how to meet goals and objectives with limited resources, about how to manage conflicts and resolve disputes, and about how to be a good leader and achieve job satisfaction. But as criminal justice actors, you will also face a number of unique circumstances unlike any other profession. You will be in the position of making (in some cases, split-second) decisions about peopleÂs lives, careers, families, and futures. You will often face non-voluntary (if not hostile) clients, frustrated co-workers, and a stressful workplace. However, you will have the opportunity to work in a field where you will always make a difference. In this course, we will build a foundation to help you understand the kinds of issues criminal justice actors face on the job and outline strategies to better address those concerns. We will do this by working through the nature of management in bureaucratic organizations and institutions, specifically in the context of criminal justice. Our project will be guided by organizational sociology, research on workplace environments, lessons from the private sector, studies of police, courts, and corrections, and, perhaps most importantly of all, practical experience. As a class, we will seek to develop a well-informed, critical foundation from which to envision and practice better justice. This course is also designated as an Âintensive writing experience by the university, which means that a good deal of your graded efforts in the course will involve developing your writing skills and expressing your thoughts and experiences on paper. Service Learning Component: P411 is also designated as a service learning course. Service learning is Âa type of experiential education in which students participate in service in the community and reflect on their involvement in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content and of the discipline and its relationship to social needs and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility (Hatcher and Bringle, 1997: 153). In P411, each student will visit with an assigned offender at the Monroe County Jail for one to two hours a week and while there, work closely with the offender, helping him meet treatment goals and plan for re-entry into the community. You will be provided mandatory training for this activity during an orientation session. You must also undergo a complete background check. Students will need to provide their own transportation or carpool with classmates. We will spend a portion of each class discussing your visits and relating your experience to course materials and the topic of management. You will be assessing the nature of correctional management at the Monroe County Jail by exploring the ways in which treatment programs are being successfully (or unsuccessfully) implemented. You will conclude the semester by making evaluations/recommendations to the Monroe County concerning their administration. This service learning component will most likely be the most challenging and rewarding aspect of the course. If you feel that the service learning component will be difficult for you to fit into your busy schedule, you are strongly encouraged to enroll in another criminal justice course. Although an alternative curriculum can be devised in place of service learning for exceptional cases, you will be isolated from most discussion and classroom engagement in the course. By participating in the service learning option, you are making a professional commitment to the facility staff and to the offenders. If you cannot attend on your regularly scheduled appointment date, you should re-schedule for the same week. If situations arise where you absolutely cannot attend in a given week, you must contact me. Class meeting: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:30-3:45 Instructor: Bill Head, criminal justice department
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This course examines the place of adolescents in American law and policy. Students explore the foundations of adolescents' rights, their limits, and their relationship to changing sociocultural images of adolescents. the course focuses on the ideological conflicts between the proper role of adolescents, parents and communities in ensuring adolescents' rights. The conflicting ideologies are addressed specifically from the perspective of adolescents themselves. Class meeting: Tuesday, 2:30-5:00 Instructor: Professor Roger Levesque, Criminal Justice Department
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This course will explore the law and research surrounding the application of capital punishment in the United States. Among the issues to be examined include eligibility for and application of the sanction; the trial process from jury selection to guilt, and ultimately the penalty phase, and; current controversies surrounding the application of this sanction (including but not limited to the possibility of wrongful conviction and punishment of innocent people, methods of execution, standards of legal representation, and the impact of race on our system of capital punishment). Class meeting: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00-5:15, SY 003 Instructor: Professor Marla Sandys, criminal justice department
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There continues to be a growing concern with crime and those who commit street crime in urban America. While there is some attention given to the commission of street crime, the course is primarily concerned the context, the color, the nuance of living in the shadowy worlds between right and wrong and it explores the fictions and the facts of offending within the context of compassion and condemnation. It is an attempt to understand the nature of and participation of crime from a more humanistic perspective; it uses readings from cultural criminology to achieve this end. Therefore, students will be required to do a substantial amount of reading. We will read urban ethnographies; some books being considered are: Anderson, Elijah (2000) Code of the Street. New York: W. W. Norton and Co. Becker, Howard S. (1963) Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (New York: Free Press. Ferrell, Jeff (1993) Crimes of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality. Boston: Northeastern University Press. Ferrell, Jeff (2001) Tearing Down the Streets: Adventures in Urban Anarchy. New York: Palgrave St. Martin's. Ferrell, Jeff and Mark S. Hamm (1998) Ethnography at the Edge: Crime, Deviance, and Field Research. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press. Fleisher, Mark S. (1995) Beggars and Thieves: Lives of Urban Street Criminals. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. Merry, Sally Engle (1981) Urban Danger: Life in a Neighborhood of Strangers. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Oliver, William (1994) The Violent Social World of Black Men. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Pettiway, Leon E. (1998) Workin It: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Websdale, Neil (2001) Policing the Poor: From Salve Plantation to Public Housing. Boston: Northeastern University Press Class meeting: Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:05-10:20 Instructor: Professor Leon Pettiway, criminal justice department
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This course provides an overview of interpersonal violence in the African American community. Emphasis is placed on examining the intersection of race, social-cultural context and acts of interpersonal violence. Class sessions will be devoted to discussions of robbery, assault, murder, street gangs and intimate partner violence. Special attention will be devoted to considering the impact that violence is having on members of the hip hop generation. Final grade will be determined by assessment of six short answer written assignments related to course readings and a 15 page Position Paper that outlines policy and program strategies to reduce the occurrence of interpersonal violence among African Americans. Readings may include: Ferguson, Ann A. (2001). Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity (Law, Meaning, and Violence) (Paperback) University of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0472088492 Wilson, William J. (1996). When Work Disappears-The World of the New Urban Poor. Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0679724179 Kitwana, Bakari (2003). The Hip Hop Generation. Basic Civitas Books ISBN-13: 978-0465029792 Wright, Richard & Decker, Scott (1997). Armed Robbers in Action. Boston: Northeastern University Press. Sharpley-Whiting, T. (2007). Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women. New York University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0814740149 Class meeting: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00-2:15 Instructor: Professor William Oliver, Criminal Justice Department
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Girls involvement in delinquency and in particular violent offending has often been historically overlooked in theory, research, and programming. However, the recent attention to girls' aggression and the reported increases in girls violent arrests has again provoked media interest about the newest type of bad girl. In this course we will begin to explore the extent and nature of girls violence and antisocial behavior in context. This will be accomplished by taking a comprehensive and integrated approach towards understanding the lives of girls. Salient issues including girls perpetration of violence/aggression as well as their victimization, girls sexuality (e.g. promiscuity, teen pregnancy, sexual orientation), drug use, and psychopathology will be addressed. We will examine how criminological theory has explained and/or ignored girls offending. We will also investigate both the causes and consequences of girls involvement in these behaviors. How do family, poverty, school, relationships with peers and intimate partners, sexism, racism, and the media impact girls lives? Lastly we will discuss potential intervention and treatment strategies and the role and need of gender specific services. Class meeting: Wednesdays, 5:45-8:15, KH 312 Instructor: Professor Veronica Herrera, Criminal Justice Department
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