Sociology 589                              Criminal Justice in Society
Spring, 2008                               Office: 807 Zulauf
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 589 Syllabus

GENERAL MATERIAL

• Syllabus, Sociology 589, Spring, 2008
• Readings and Presentation list & Schedule
• GRADING criteria for Presentations
• SUGGESTED Readings
• Guidelines for reading articles
• Assignments (for points)
• Mailing list Archives (in case you missed any)
• WebBoard - CrJ 540 and Soci 589

READINGS TO REMEMBER

• Ideology material

US SUPREME COURT RESOURCES

Findlaw USSC Cases

FindLaw Legal Resourcese

Handouts, Factoids, and other Supplemental Information

• History of Law Resources
  • (Purloined) Excerpts from Hammurabi's Code
  • Iroquois Consitution (Circa 1500 AD)
  • The Magna Carta

Supplementary Material

• Ill. Megan's Law & '96 NIU Dorm Eviction Discussion

Electronic Citing

• APA Citation (electronic) Style
• Electronic Citation Style

Useful Links

• Dept of Justice--Sourcebook of CJ Statistics
• Critical Criminology Site
• FBI Uniform Crime Reports
• Law, Courts & Corrections (Dept of Justice)
• PRISON DATA & STATS from Dept of Justice
• Search the Web using KEYWORDS
• Library of Congress and More
• Death Penalty Information (via ~critcrim)

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