SOC 305 (Crime & Society)
Week 1 Week 1 DQ 1 Moral Panic |
After viewing the video, Gender & Crime, please address each of the following questions:
Week 1 DQ 2 Race and Death Row |
This discussion focuses on topics addressed in several chapters of your text – the death penalty and discrimination. Although first discussed in Chapter 2, the death penalty is also discussed in Chapter 4. Rather than thinking in rigid terms about reading assignments, please use you’re textbook as a resource. After reading the text and watching the video, Injustice for Blacks in Alabama, respond to each of the following questions:
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
Week 1 Assignment:
Week 1 Quiz 10 MCQ’s
Week 2
Week 2 DQ 1 Legal Representation and Social Class |
After listening to the interview with Stephen B. Bright, The quality of a legal defense: Does it matter if you’re rich or poor?, please respond to the following:
Week 2 DQ 2 The War on Drugs |
After reading this week’s required text, please respond to the following:
Week 2 Assignments:
Final Paper Preprations Overcrowding in Correctional institutions (1350+ Words)
Week 2 Quiz 10 MCQ’s
Week 3
Week 3 DQ 1 Child or Adult? |
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Women’s relationships in prison commonly fulfill an emotional need. They are different from men’s sexual relationships in prison in that they are less likely to involve coercion or be motivated by power and status grabs. In addition to romantic relationships, female inmates are also likely to form prison families with roles that mimic mothers, sisters, and even grandmothers. For many inmates, their prison family is the first positive female role modeling they have encountered.
Week 3 Assignments:
Ashford SOC 305 Week 3 (Myths and Reality of Crime). 900+ Words
Week 3 Quiz 10 MCQ’s
Week 4
Week 4 DQ 1 Honor Killings |
After reading the articles, Are honor killings simply domestic violence? and ‘Honour’ crimes are domestic abuse, plain and simple, please respond to each of the following questions:
In your opinion, what is the best way for the criminal justice system to treat and respond to honor killings? Week 4 DQ 2 Hate Groups and Hate Crime |
Please view the video, Inside USA – Rise of hate, Part 1, or read the article, Number of U.S. hate groups is rising, report says, in preparation for this discussion.
Were you aware of the number and range of recognized hate groups in these states? This video helps us learn about hate groups in the United States. In addition, please visit the Teaching Tolerance website and view the Hate Map. Please review the maps for the state in which you live, or a state of your choice. Respond to each of the following questions:
Week 4 Assignment: Week 4 Quiz 10 MCQ’s
Week 5
Week 5 DQ 1 School Shootings |
As we learn in the readings, media reports of school crime tend to create misconceptions of a danger that is actually quite small for the overwhelming majority of school users. In fact, given the number of students, teachers, and other personnel in schools on any given day, it is quite astounding how few violent episodes there are. To track violence in schools, read the US Department of Justice and US Department of Education report, Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011. After reading the report, please address each of the following:
Week 5 DQ 2 Privatization |
After reading the two articles addressing privatization, Arizona’s private prisons: A bad bargain and The case for privatizing California’s prisons, respond to each of the following questions:
Week 5 Assignment:
Final Paper: Effects and Solutions to Drug Abuse 1350+ Words
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