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SOC 323

Sociology of Policing

3 units

Winter 2025

Topics

  • Develop ability to make reasoned, well-supported, and coherent arguments about the role of policing in society
  • Engage with diverse theoretical and methodological approaches
  • Analyze and integrate information from diverse sources to form nuanced arguments
  • Gain a nuanced understanding of how policing intersects with issues of power, inequality, and identity, recognizing complexities and contradictions
  • Understand the interplay between broader societal conditions and policing practices
  • Apply sociological insights to contemporary debates on policing
  • Reflect critically on personal assumptions and learning
  • Enhance written communication skills
Winter 2024

Topics

  • analyze, synthesize, and problematize diverse research findings
  • make reasoned, well-supported, and coherent arguments about policing and the criminal justice system within a social context
  • acquire a sense of the vast array of approaches and literature studying the police
  • gain a nuanced understanding of the complexity surrounding and involved in policing
  • effectively communicate with diverse audiences in written, verbal, and other forms
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