Analysis of the family institution, its structure and function and the dynamics of social change in family interaction and organization. Social issues and research in crime, delinquency, drug addiction, homosexuality, alcoholism, mental illness, pornography, sexuality and other forms of deviance. Emphasis on theoretical explanations and social consequences. An introduction to policing - including the history of law enforcement, the police and the criminal justice system, principles of law enforcement and professional issues in law enforcement. Survey of social disorganization and public descensus in contemporary societies.
Emphasis is placed on social change, conflicts in cultural values and the impact of technology.
Field trips required in some sections. Designed to acquaint students with the historical and contemporary experiences of racial and ethnic groups in America. Explores social class and gender variations in the experiences of these various groups. Techniques of statistical description and elementary statistical inference as applied to social data. Survey design and analysis, scaling techniques, methods of analyzing data with emphasis on hypothesis-testing, statistical inference and tests of relationship.