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Presentation list for Sociology 589 JANUARY 28 - Explaining crime GUIDING QUESTION: What does theory have to do with it? Jim Thomas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FEBRUARY 4 - Criminal Law GUIDING QUESTION: Laws: A Social Construct? Jim Thomas Readings: Readings, February 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FEBRUARY 11 - Laws: A social construct? GUIDING QUESTION: Laws: A Social Construct? JT Readings: Readings, February 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FEBRUARY 18 (Rescheduled - March 3) - History of Police GUIDING QUESTION: Are police really necessary? Nick Armstrong Melissa Creamer Angela Hampton Readings: February 18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 17 (originally February 25) - Police functions and culture GUIDING QUESTION: "Police: forces of occupation" or "public servants?" (or: "What are the critical issues in policing?" Jen Sterczek Adrian Pedraza Readings: Bayley: Police Function, Struction, Control O.W. Wilson: Can the State help Police Departments? Bayley: The Future of Policing Lawerence Sherman: Police and Violence John Van Maanen "The Asshole" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARCH 10 - SPRING BREAK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 24 (Originally MARCH 17) - Courts: A history GUIDING QUESTION: What are the social bases of our roots? Pat Donelly Angela Hampton Joan Marsden Readings: Origins of American Courts Jacoby: American Prosecutor in Historial Context Groot: Jury of Presentment before 1215 Surrency: Courts in the American Colonies Lecture notes: Skim only if you really care about history Lecture notes: Skim - Lecture for Colonial period to mid-20th Century ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARCH 31 - The Prosecution Process GUIDING QUESTION: Injustice: "Rich get richer and the poor get screwed?" Nick Armstrong Melissa Creamer Illana Demantas Rachael Carmack 1) Book: Reimann: Rich get Screwed 2) Eli Lehrer's critique of "leftist" CJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 7 - Sentencing and such GUIDING QUESTION: What is the philosophy of punishment in the U.S? Dan Ridenour Adrian Pedraza Joan Marsden Illana Demantis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 14 - Prisons Aimie Dan Matt Jim READINGS:
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