Alcohol, Drugs, and Crime
SOC 623
Dr. Stephanie Hartwell Office Hours:
Office: Wheatley, 4th floor, 016 Monday 2 - 4
Phone: (617)287-6271 By Appointment
class: Mon 7- 9:30
website: http://www.faculty.umb.edu/stephanie_hartwell/
Course Description:
This course considers issues in alcohol misuse, licit and
illicit drug use, and the criminal justice system. An emphasis on social science research methodology will frame
each sub-topic with current and classic, state-of-the art research studies
providing evidence associating alcohol misuse, drug abuse, and
criminality. Policy questions and
approaches are considered.
Course Objectives:
(1) To highlight the association between alcohol, drug use, and crime in America.
(2) To locate alcohol, drugs, and crime in historical, sociocultural, and synergistic context.
(3) To distinguish legal and policy issues as related to substance use and crime
(4) To examine the etiology and epidemiology of substance use and criminality from competing paradigms or theories.
(5) To compare and contrast criminal justice and public health models in prevention, treatment, and societal wellness.
(6) To consider social service trends and their effects on the definition of health and illness, crime and criminals.
Books & Readings:
1) Gaines, Larry K. and Peter Kraska, (Editors), Drugs, Crime and Justice: Contemporary Perspectives. Waveland Press, Inc. 2003 (second edition).
2) Cullen, Francis T. and Robert Agnew, (Editors), Criminological Theory: Past to Present. Roxbury Publishing. 2003 (second edition).
3) Dei, Kojo A, The Ties that Bind: Youth and Drugs in a Black Community. Waveland Press, Inc. 2002.
Expectations & Grading: There will be a midterm and peer reviewed presentation in this class, each worth 30% of your grade (60%). There is one term paper assignment due May 10, 2004 in which you will complete a fieldwork project and theoretically analyze and present your experience via social science research format. This term paper will comprise 30% of your grade. Attendance and class participation is worth 10%. All students are also expected to present briefly on related current events throughout the semester.
Alcohol, Drugs, and Crime
SOC 623
Gaines and Kraska, ch. Intro, 1 & 3
Cullen and Agnew, Part I
Feb 2 Legal Issues and Drugs,
International and Domestic
Gaines and Kraska, ch. 4 & 14
Cullen and Agnew, Part V
Gaines and Kraska, ch. 2
Cullen and Agnew, Part XI
Dei, ch. 1 & 2
Feb 16 Biological Correlations & Legal
Drugs
Gaines and Kraska, ch. 20
Cullen and Agnew, Part II
Audio: Jeckle and Hyde
Gaines and
Kraska, ch. 5 and 6
Cullen and Agnew,
Part IV
Dei, ch. 3
Guest
Gaines and Kraska, ch. 7 & 11 & 19
Cullen and Agnew, Part X
March 22 Culture and Environment
Gaines and Kraska, ch. 8, 9 & 10
Cullen and Agnew, Part III
New Haven Slides
March 29 Policing
Gaines and Kraska, ch.12 & 13
Cullen and Agnew, Part VI
Dei, ch 4
Gaines
and Kraska, ch. 16 & 17
Cullen
and Agnew, Part IX
Dei,
ch 5
video: Drug Courts
Cullen and Agnew, Part VII & VIII
Dei, ch 6 & 7
Gaines and Kraska, ch. 18 & 15
Cullen and Agnew, Part XII
Dei, ch 8
May 3 Final
Presentations
May 10 Final Presentations/Papers Due
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