Logic and techniques of social research. Relationship of social theory and method. Research in the Sociology of Law. Social control functions of law and legal institutions with attention to present-day legal procedures in civil, criminal, family and social welfare laws. Seminar in Social and Political Theory.
Topics vary from classical to modern theories.
May, with permission of instructor, be repeated once when topics vary. Same as POSC 5510. Seminar in Criminal Justice Administration. Contemporary national, state and local problems in criminal justice. With consent of instructor, may be repeated once when topics vary.