“I cannot accept that to be realistic means to tolerate misery, violence and hate. I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering. I shall never accept that the law can be used to justify tragedy, to keep things as they are, to make us abandon our ideas of a different world. Law is the path of liberty, and must as such open the way to progress for everyone.”
― Oscar Arias Sánchez
― Oscar Arias Sánchez
Teaching
Schools, Violence, and Justice: This course explores how violence within schools has emerged as an alarming social problem in the United States. The public is concerned not only because it is difficult to fathom young people committing acts of violence and crime, but also because such incidents take away from the teaching and learning environment, place other students and education employees at risk, concern many parents about the safety of their own children, and can be seriously detrimental to the devolvement of youth.
Victims, Society, and Justice: The purpose of this course is to examine victim-offender relationships, the interactions between victims and the justice system, and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions (such as the media, schools, social movements, advocacy groups, legislatures, and the state). ). In exploring these dynamics and connections, we will address the theory, history, research, legislation, and policy implications related to the social construction of “the victim” and to the responses to victims within the United States.
Systems of Justice: This course seeks to provide students with a sociological framework to critically analyze the Justice System in the United States. Consequently, we discuss the components (law enforcement, courts, and corrections) of the criminal justice process in the United States.
Immigration and Justice: The seminar is organized in four sections. The first section focuses on the historical contingencies and social construction of race, ethnicity, immigration, and crime as well as introduces the pertinent and related key concepts of justice in the United States. The second section shifts attention on the related intersection of community, socioeconomic status, education and family. The third section examines the extent of differential treatment encountered by racial/ethnic minorities and immigrant groups in law enforcement, courts, and corrections. The final section shifts attention away from the justice system proper to examine the collateral consequences of justice policies generally, and crisis of the mass imprisonment, deportation, and treatment of racial/ethnic minorities and immigrant.
Sociology of Law: This course examines sociological perspectives and social science research on the relationship between law and society. It explores how societal change affects law and legal institutions, how legal change affects society, the roles and institutions of the formal legal system in the United States, and the processes of disputing and legal mobilization.
Criminology: This course seeks to develop a sociological framework for examining crime. Consequently, we discuss crime, criminal behavior, correlates of crime, social context of crime, and the policies that address crime through a sociological lens.
Juvenile Delinquency: This course will explore how juveniles are accorded special status under the American legal system. Children and adolescents also account for a disproportionate amount of crime committed. Students will learn about the distribution of juvenile delinquency according to both official statistics and self-report data and learn about the impact of significant social and institutional influences on delinquency: family, school, peers and drugs.
Women and Crime: This course focuses on women's experiences with crime and justice in the United States. We begin with a brief introduction to the social construction of gender in our society and its impact upon the creation of law.
Introduction to Sociology: This course introduces students to the core concepts and perspectives of sociology – the study of human social environments and of human interactions within those environments.
Victims, Society, and Justice: The purpose of this course is to examine victim-offender relationships, the interactions between victims and the justice system, and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions (such as the media, schools, social movements, advocacy groups, legislatures, and the state). ). In exploring these dynamics and connections, we will address the theory, history, research, legislation, and policy implications related to the social construction of “the victim” and to the responses to victims within the United States.
Systems of Justice: This course seeks to provide students with a sociological framework to critically analyze the Justice System in the United States. Consequently, we discuss the components (law enforcement, courts, and corrections) of the criminal justice process in the United States.
Immigration and Justice: The seminar is organized in four sections. The first section focuses on the historical contingencies and social construction of race, ethnicity, immigration, and crime as well as introduces the pertinent and related key concepts of justice in the United States. The second section shifts attention on the related intersection of community, socioeconomic status, education and family. The third section examines the extent of differential treatment encountered by racial/ethnic minorities and immigrant groups in law enforcement, courts, and corrections. The final section shifts attention away from the justice system proper to examine the collateral consequences of justice policies generally, and crisis of the mass imprisonment, deportation, and treatment of racial/ethnic minorities and immigrant.
Sociology of Law: This course examines sociological perspectives and social science research on the relationship between law and society. It explores how societal change affects law and legal institutions, how legal change affects society, the roles and institutions of the formal legal system in the United States, and the processes of disputing and legal mobilization.
Criminology: This course seeks to develop a sociological framework for examining crime. Consequently, we discuss crime, criminal behavior, correlates of crime, social context of crime, and the policies that address crime through a sociological lens.
Juvenile Delinquency: This course will explore how juveniles are accorded special status under the American legal system. Children and adolescents also account for a disproportionate amount of crime committed. Students will learn about the distribution of juvenile delinquency according to both official statistics and self-report data and learn about the impact of significant social and institutional influences on delinquency: family, school, peers and drugs.
Women and Crime: This course focuses on women's experiences with crime and justice in the United States. We begin with a brief introduction to the social construction of gender in our society and its impact upon the creation of law.
Introduction to Sociology: This course introduces students to the core concepts and perspectives of sociology – the study of human social environments and of human interactions within those environments.