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SOC X96N SOC 396N  Topics in Seminars in Crime, Law, and Deviance  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Substantive issues and current topics in the study of crime, law, and deviance. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Criminology. Examines major topics in the social scientific study of crime, including the measurement of crime, profiles of criminals, criminal behavior across the life course, and public perceptions of and reactions to crime. May be counted toward the crime, law and deviance specialization.

Topic 2: Theories of Crime Causation. Focuses on the major theories of criminal behavior and whether and in what ways empirical data support or refute various theoretical perspectives. May be counted toward the crime, law, and deviance specialization.

Topic 3: Criminal Justice. Designed to provide an overview of research on how the penal system works in practice by examining the empirical literature on sentencing, prisons, recidivism, and evaluation research of penal programs. May be counted toward the crime, law, and deviance specialization.

Topic 4: Introduction to Law and Society. Focuses on the noncrime aspects of the legal system, especially civil justice; the pursuit of perceived legal entitlements and grievances; studies of legal professionals and legal decision makers; and the use of the legal system to advance social change. May be counted toward the crime, law, and deviance specialization.

Topic 5: Law, Legitimacy, and Control. Explores the interconnections between law, morality, and the sense of injustice. Examines the attributes of a moral system as they influence the collective assessment of legitimacy, the emergence of social movements for reform, and the resulting efficacy of law as an instrument of control. May be counted toward either the crime, law, and deviance specialization or the political sociology specialization.

Topic 6: Deviance. Examines the characteristics, causes of, and societal reactions to several types of deviant behavior. May be counted toward the crime, law, and deviance specialization.
  

SOC X96N.1 SOC 396N.1  Criminology  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines major topics in the social scientific study of crime, including the measurement of crime, profiles of criminals, criminal behavior across the life course, and public perceptions of and reactions to crime. May be counted toward the crime, law and deviance specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X96N.2 SOC 396N.2  Theories of Crime Causation  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Focuses on the major theories of criminal behavior and whether and in what ways empirical data support or refute various theoretical perspectives. May be counted toward the crime, law, and deviance specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X96N.3 SOC 396N.3  Criminal Justice  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Designed to provide an overview of research on how the penal system works in practice by examining the empirical literature on sentencing, prisons, recidivism, and evaluation research of penal programs. May be counted toward the crime, law, and deviance specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X96N.4 SOC 396N.4  Introduction to Law and Society  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Focuses on the noncrime aspects of the legal system, especially civil justice; the pursuit of perceived legal entitlements and grievances; studies of legal professionals and legal decision makers; and the use of the legal system to advance social change. May be counted toward the crime, law, and deviance specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X96N.5 SOC 396N.5  Law, Legitimacy, and Control  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the interconnections between law, morality, and the sense of injustice. Examines the attributes of a moral system as they influence the collective assessment of legitimacy, the emergence of social movements for reform, and the resulting efficacy of law as an instrument of control. May be counted toward either the crime, law, and deviance specialization or the political sociology specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

SOC X96N.6 SOC 396N.6  Deviance  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines the characteristics, causes of, and societal reactions to several types of deviant behavior. May be counted toward the crime, law, and deviance specialization.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral