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May 07, 2024
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Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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SOC 250 - Criminal Justice (3 Cr.)
Examines the criminal justice system and provides an overview of basic issues in the sociological study of crime and corrections. Relying on the premise that law, crime, and the institutions of social control can be understood only as part of the larger social context, explores crime in the streets, the business world, and the family. Theories on the origin of crime, the causes of criminal behavior, and the evolution of criminal law provide the framework for discussion of special topics that include the demography of crime, women in the criminal justice system, domestic violence and the law, and the criminology of drunken drivers. Course assignments include a visit to a prison and/or a ride with a police officer. Prerequisite: SOC 106 or ANT 107 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2016-17 and alternate years. Mullaney.
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