Prerequisites: either graduate standing and SOC 249 or consent of instructor
Description: This course examines in depth the penal social control agencies of the police, the courts, and the correctional system both from ide- ological and operational points of view. The effects on the individual and society of these mechanisms as well as alternative approaches to formal control mechanisms are examined. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and advisor. Soil and Water Sciences