Particular emphasis on the student's personal search for career, success and happiness. A brief review of the nature, extent and location of criminality provides the foundation for description and analysis. This course provides a comprehensive presentation of the sociological theories of criminal and delinquent behavior, the nature of legal definitions of crime and the extent of crime in America. The course also provides a sociological analysis of law enforcement. Each has its own history dating to social movements as far back as the colonial period striving to establish a progressive criminal justice system.
Special emphasis is placed on community corrections and alcohol and drug abuse treatment.
243 Exploration of influences of mass media on social relationships, and interrelationships of media with political and economic institutions. Emphasis on research in print, broadcast, and film media. A look at social behavior and social institutions through the eyes of fiction writers. The class will read a selection of modern short fiction and view several contemporary movies. Historical and cross-cultural comparisons will be emphasized.