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Fall 2023
Dec 26, 2024 |
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| CRIM 330 - Policing and Society |
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An examination of the social institution of policing. This course explores its history and evolution, and the theories that propose an understanding of what policing is and how it is located with respect to the state, the law, and society. In turn, the course provides a critical and in-depth analysis of the institution, and develops new perspectives to the institution of policing. Various contemporary issues relating to this institution in the U.S. and around the world are also explored. Such issues may include police use of force, police discretion, corruption, accountability, racial profiling, community policing, surveillance, and new technologies of policing.
Prerequisites: CRIM 121 Sociological Perspectives on Criminology, or SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology, or SOCI 130 Social Problems, or ANTH 161 Cultural Anthropology, and one additional course at the 200-level in SOCI or CRIM course, or permission of the instructor.
1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Non-Matriculated, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Sociology & Criminology Department Course Attributes: CrimDimensns:Law/Legal System, Undergraduate Level Course Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Non-Matriculated May not be assigned one of the following Student Attributes: DGCE Student Prerequisites: PREREQ for CRIM 330 General Requirements: ( Course or Test: CRIM 121 May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: SOCI 101 May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: SOCI 130 May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: ANTH 161 May not be taken concurrently. ) and ( Course or Test: CRIM 200 to 299 Required Courses: 1 May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: SOCI 200 to 299 Required Courses: 1 May not be taken concurrently. ) |
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