Our Social World: Condensed: Introduction to Sociology
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Learning Objective: 6.2: Compare key ideas in the differential association, labeling, rational choice, structural functional, and conflict perspectives of deviance
Following up on the award-winning collaboration that produced Rape in the Fields/Violación de un Sueño in 2013, FRONTLINE (PBS), Univision, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at UC Berkeley, and KQED are teaming up to uncover the sexual abuse of immigrant women who clean the malls where you shop, the banks where you do business, and the offices where you work.
Learning Objective: 6.5: Which theoretical perspective would be most useful in explaining the function of prisons in U.S. society today?
The United States is one of the very few countries in the world that allows children under 18 to be prosecuted as adults and sentenced to life without parole. Producer Ofra Bikel visits five young men in Colorado sentenced to life without parole to examine their crimes and punishment, the laws that sanctioned their convictions, and the prospect of never being free again.
6.3 13th
In 2016, a documentary was released about the criminal justice system and how it is discriminatory against people of color. This trailer gives a taste about what the documentary is about.
Audio Links
Learning Objective: 6.1: Describe who is deviant and why.
Two crime scenes, two murders. One crime is solved, the other case went cold. Both raise the question: What should a person suspected of murder say?
Learning Objective: 6.2: Compare key ideas in the differential association, labeling, rational choice, structural functional, and conflict perspectives of deviance
6.1 Crime Scenes
Every crime scene hides a story. This podcast examines how we hear about crime scenes and the stories they tell.
Learning Objective: 6.4: Give examples of crimes committed at the national and global level today.
Stories about people who take the law into their own hands, even when the line between enforcing the rules and breaking them gets kind of hazy.
Web Resources
Learning Objective: 6.1: Describe who is deviant and why.
The Supreme Court overturned The Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 and as a result for the first time, same-sex marriage is legal for the majority of the U.S. population.
Dr. Yifrah Kaminer is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at UConn Health who focuses on adolescent high-risk behaviors. He is a prolific author and renowned researcher on youth substance use disorders, and is frequently asked to speak on the topic to school and community groups. UConn Today asked Kaminer about the impact of marijuana on adolescents, and his views on legalization.
Young people are turning beginning to use electronic cigarettes. This resource illustrates how deviance varies from time, place, and age group
Learning Objective: 6.3: Provide possible explanations for why the crime rate has fallen in recent years.
6.4 Sex Crimes
This article, from Pacific Standard Magazine, takes a look at the recidivism rate among those who commit sex crimes and what reasons account for this rate.
Learning Objective: 6.5: Which theoretical perspective would be most useful in explaining the function of prisons in U.S. society today?
In this article from Contexts magazine Michael Light and Jeffrey Ulmer analyze homicide deaths between 1989 and 2010 to examine the determinants of criminal violence trends among Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics.