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Sociology,
Anthropology, Criminology, Family Studies
Professor Meyers,
Chair
Assistant Professors Brown, Hoskin and Thompson
Instructor Abodalo
Lecturers Kovarie and Lash
Criminology
The Criminology Track exposes students to the
sociological perspective through study of the methodology of the
field and basic theoretical paradigms, as well as the study of socialization,
culture, deviance and conformity, social organization and societal
development, complex organizations and the principles of stratification
and other forms of social inequality. In addition, students study
the social problem of crime and deviance within the context of other
social problems, e.g., family dysfunction, poverty, education, racism,
gender issues, and the sociology of work and occupations. Courses
which concentrate on crime and delinquency are concerned with:
- the study of behaviors defined as criminally deviant in both
American society
and other developed and developing societies and
- the traditional and contemporary theoretical explanations of
both the process
of defining criminal behavior and the social and interpersonal
decisions and circumstances related to engaging in criminalized
deviant behavior.
Students study the methodology of social research
used in the study of these forms of deviance including secondary
data analysis and survey research construction and design. A course
in parametric and non-parametric statistics provides students with
additional analytic tools for use in collecting and studying aggregate
as well as individual level data on crime and delinquency.
Students are able to use the internship opportunity
to experience and participate in the activities of an organization
or agency whose activities relate to the application of the program
content. Internship opportunities can be either in a local organization
or agency or in association with an off-campus experience such as
the Washington Center or the Philadelphia Center. The senior seminar
is designed to provide students a capstone course integrating the
various components of the program and incorporating the opportunity
to complete a major empirical study of some facet of crime and delinquency
of interest to them.
Beyond the core courses, the following courses
are required for the Criminology Track: Crime and Deviance (SOC
251); Crime, Culture and Conflict Resolution (ANT 253); Juvenile
Delinquency (SOC 302); Terrorism (SOC 305); Organized Crime (SOC
307); Criminal Corrections (SOC 309); and Internship (SOC 482) (or
an approved elective course).
The following courses are required for students
who choose to combine the Criminology Track with another academic
discipline (except Political Science): Introduction to Sociology
(SOC 105) (Required General Studies Introductory Social Science
Course); Social Institutions and Problems (SOC 201); Statistics
(SOC 207)(Counts as General Studies Quantitative Reasoning course);
Crime and Deviance (SOC 251); two courses from Crime, Culture and
Conflict Resolution (ANT 253), Juvenile Delinquency (SOC 302), Terrorism
(SOC 305), Organized Crime (SOC 307), or Criminal Corrections (SOC
309); plus Research Methods (SOC 403); Internship (SOC 482) (or
an approved elective course); and Senior Seminar (SOC 490).
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