Thinking Sociologically with Numbers

SOC 206

In this course, students learn how to think about social issues numerically. They learn the fundamentals of social statistics with a focus on interpretation, including quantitative data types, learning how to describe and present data (including data visualization), sampling, probability, and bivari…

Crime, Justice, and Society

SOC 211

This course provides a broad overview of crime and justice from a sociological perspective. Topics include why certain behaviors are deemed criminal and others are not, how and why criminal laws are developed, why some individuals break those laws, and the role of the criminal justice system in soci…

Correcting and Controlling Behavior: A Sociological Perspective on Corrections and Social Control

SOC 217

Many Americans have had contact with the criminal justice system, from police stops to incarceration or probation, components of our corrections systems, which, broadly speaking, attempt both to punish criminal behavior and change it. Yet we have all been subject to more informal systems of correcti…

Health, Disability, and the Criminal Legal System

SOC 309

This course examines the complex relationship between health, disability, and criminal behavior, as well as the health outcomes of those involved in the criminal legal system (CLS). Topics include examining the links between mental health, substance use, and criminal behavior; the criminalization of…