Presentation list for Sociology 589

                        SIGNUP SHEET

NOTE: Presenters MUST HAVE assigned readings posted for the class
on the mailing list. It would also be helpful if they were placed on
reserve the in computer lab  a week in advance.

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September 1 - Background of the legal basis of our Criminal Justice Sytem.
   (GUIDING QUESTION: How do social factors change systems of social control?)

   JT WILL TAKE THIS SESSION
READINGS:

(Purloined) Excerpts from Hammurabi's Code
Iroquois Constitution (Circa 1500 AD)
The Magna Carta
Soci of Law notes (This will be a class handout)






September 8: Burning issues in Criminal Justice
 (GUIDING QUESTION: Are there any?)

     Julie Capps
     Jim Carr
     Chris Maier
READING:
Race in America (READ ALL)




September 15 - Crime rates, crime theories, crime victims
 (GUIDING QUESTION: Is "crime" a "bourgeoise concept?")

     Tammie Evans
     Sean Thompson

September 22 - History of Police
    (GUIDING QUESTION: Are police really necessary?)

     Wendy Lewin
     Chris Maier
     Scott Moran

29 - Police and law
      (GUIDING QUESTION: Must police violate the law to protect it?)

                                OCTOBER

October 6 - Who are the offenders?
      (GUIDING QUESTION: Are "crimes" merely social constructs?

     Scott Moran
     Wendy Levin

October 13 - Critical Issues in Policing
      (GUIDING QUESTION: Topic says it all)

    Scott Moran
    Jim Carr

October 20 - Women in the Criminal Justice System
      (GUIDING QUESTION: Are women the "forgotten offenders"?)

      Michelle Michaels
      Julie Capps
     

October 27 - Prosecution, Trials, Sentencing
      (GUIDING Question: Does "proper rule following" equal "Justice?")

     Sean Thompson (Video)

                                    NOVEMBER

November  3 - Corrections - History and structure
      (GUIDING QUESTION: Do we really need prisons?)

     Deboara Jacobson
     JT (if necessary)

November 10 - Prisons
      (GUIDING QUESTION: Prisons! Do they work?)
       
      Tammie Evans
      Deborah Jacobson

November 17 -  Alternatives to Prisons
     (GUIDING QUESTION: Is there a better way?)

      Sean Thompson
      Jim Carr
      Wendy Lewin

November 24 - THANKSGIVING

DECEMBER

December  1 - Chapter 17: Juvenile Corrections
      (GUIDING QUESTION: What is a "juvenile offender?"

      Michelle Michaels
      Julie Capps







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