I'm teaching an undergrad, upper division course in deviance and social control this spring, and I'd like to assign an outside-the-classroom activity (of,...
- have students stand alone (w/out moving or talking to anyone) in a high traffic, public area for 1 hour - have students wear their clothes backwards for 1...
FTI I found the Alaskan study I mentioned earlier it is Klausner, Foulks and Moore, The Inupiat, Economics and Alcohol On The Alaskan North Slope. The...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Oct 4, 2006 4:03 pm
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I should add, for the deviance interviews, I then had the team report several times to the class about what they had found so far. Others could then chime in,...
Leora, Deviance For Deviance, I had teams choose topics and interview people. Amazing what you can do with the internet. Using prostitute unions and support...
Bill, Great example of collaborative learning Del...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Oct 4, 2006 9:41 pm
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Thanks for your ideas. I realized that I forgot to mention that I am, uh, deviating, from the traditional way of teaching deviance and social control. Rather...
Thinking back to when I taught deviance in the 1980's, I used an assignment to attend a group meeting (formal or informal group) and write a short paper...
Chizeck, Susan P
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Oct 5, 2006 8:57 pm
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Leora, can you send me your syllabus. I used to use a book called "Elite Deviance" which now I can't find and I wonder what the newest stuff is. ...
Chizeck, Susan P
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Oct 5, 2006 9:56 pm
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Leora: If you are sharing your syllabus, I'd love to see it as well. Heck, I'd love to take the class. It sounds great! But maybe looking at the syllabus ...
Kathy Stolley
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Oct 5, 2006 10:43 pm
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I'm teaching White Collar Crime for the second time. Russell Mokhiber of Corporate Crime Reporter has been most helpful. http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/...
RE: [applyingsociology] Re: student practical project for From today's Tennessean: Could death penalty encourage violence? To the Editor: Bill Redick's guest...
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Oct 6, 2006 3:47 am
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... This is more a comment on our media (or crime accounting system) than on our murder rate. Of course, crime, including violent crime and murder, has ...
Hi, There are several factors to consider and explore. As for TV if it bleeds it leads. Also, I saw national coverage of the Amish killings. It was called...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Oct 6, 2006 2:36 pm
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Sorry, Premature posting. Regarding the death penalty. I doubt that one could find data that would support a link between the death penalty and homicide rate....
Link didn't work. Here's the article. Redick's commentary: http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060930/OPINION03/60930031 6/1054> ... ...
Ann Charvat
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Oct 6, 2006 4:16 pm
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... Brett, Overall, I think you are right but I do remember seeing something about a ripple effect following executions. I also hear talk of what is called...
Hi Del, I must admit, sometimes I am not sure exactly what position you are taking or point you are conveying. I sometimes have trouble parsing your posts. ...
Hi Bill, This is an important point and I think you are completely right. Your post is stirring some of my own memories. Along the public violence begets...
... I think equating the superego and the generalized other is misreading Freud and Mead. They are OPPOSITE organizing principles for society. Freud's...
Yes, Bill, I do not disagree with this. I think my general position for today is integration. Are there not elelments of both in human bahvior. There is a...
Interesting, a nice passage from Freud, Civilivation and its Discontents: "Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend...
I need a book for a Intro to Criminal Justice type course (Justice and Society) at the 100 level. I don't want it to cost too much ($30-$35 max) and to...
This is a great list of resources. I've never had an opportunity to teach an entire class on white collar crime/corporate crime but I've done units on it in...
Kathy Stolley
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Oct 7, 2006 1:46 pm
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Hi, It is important to recognize the difference between crime, which is a rate reported and criminals. Since arrest rates vary the highest cleared by arrest...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Oct 7, 2006 8:05 pm
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Brett, At the U of M grad school we worked together you might call it collaborative learning. We found no value in taking positions. In general I have found...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Oct 7, 2006 10:16 pm
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I thought that it would be useful to give examples of the application of sociology in particular group dynamics. One of the projects that came from our...
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