ALL CLASSES: final grades

All grades are posted.

ALL CLASSES: Class Status and Final Exams

For the 215 and 421 classes:

There is no class Friday. You have the SSP projects due on Monday and a review for the exam will be given. Exams are as follows:

215 at 10:00 - exam on Mon, 04/30 at 9:30
421 at 11:00 - exam on Wed, 05/02 at 9:30
421 at 12:00 - exam on Fri, 04/27 at 12:30

For students in 340:

Your projects are due on Friday [there is class]. For interest, take a look at last year's student websites here.

Your exam is on Mon, 04/30 at 12:30. You will hand in the take-home portion of the exam [also posted on BB if you missed it] and take the in-class portion. Bring a blue scantron.

ALL CLASSES: Friday

There will be no class this coming Friday, April 6. Please use this time to work on your final projects.

Attention 215 class: Your SKCS project is due on Monday. Be prepared.

SOC/CRJS 421: Exam Two

The date for the second exam is Wednesday, March 28. You will need a blue scantron.

SOC/CRJS 421: Powerpoint Slides

PPT slides for chapters 9 and 10 are posted on Blackboard. Hope everyone is enjoying Spring Break.

SOC/CRJS 421: Wall Street

“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”

The story involves a young stockbroker who is desperate to get to "the top." After becoming involved with an extremely successful and wealthy corporate raider, he quickly learns that insider information is the secret to success.

Think about: What effects are there in being judged on the basis of those things society says are important? Now that you see, and possibly understand, the motivations/benefits of committing white-collar crimes, does it excuse (or mitigate) the behavior?

Also, did you also notice that gender stratification is prominent? Wall Street, as portrayed here, is a male dominated world, women are secretaries or prostitutes, available to men with money to do their bidding.

SOC/CRJS 421: Both Grades

Both the "Norms" paper and quiz grades have been entered into Blackboard. Thanks for being patient.

Also, new slides are up.

SOC/CRJS 421: Limited Powerpoint Slides

I have posted some PPT slides on Blackboard if you so desire to get them.

SOC/CRJS 421

syllabus here [on blackboard].

Spring 2007 Books

A few people are starting to email me asking which books are being used for the upcoming semester. For those that wish to know in advance, here's the list:

CRJS 215
Criminology-The Core, 2nd Edition by Larry Siegel. Wadsworth Publishing. 0-53462937-7

CJRS 421
Sociology of Deviant Behavior, 12th Edition by Marshall B. Clinard and Robert F. Meier. Wadsworth Publishing. ISBN: 0534619479

SOC 340
The Sociology of Gender, Second Edition by Laura Kramer. Roxbury Publishers. ISBN: 1-931719-13-6 and
Without A Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Middle Class by Michelle Tea. Seal Press. ISBN: 1-580-05103-0