Bulletin - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice - CUNY

Courses Offered
SOC 202 The Family: Change, Challenges and Crisis
Intervention (Same course as PSY 202)
3 hours, 3 credits
This course will examine the family as a changing institution. Topics
to be dealt with will include families throughout Western history,
families in different societies and cultures, maleness and femaleness,
the nature of love, sexuality, being single and alone, dating and
courtship, cohabitation, marriage, women and work roles, parenting,
family stress and conflict, divorce and remarriage.
Prerequisites: ENG 101, SOC 101, and PSY 101
SOC 203 Criminology
3 hours, 3 credits
The nature and causation of crime. Approaches to the study of crime
and its treatment and prevention. The sociology of criminal law. The
nature of criminal behavior; theories and research.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and SOC 101
SOC 206 The Sociology of Conflict and Dispute
Resolution
3 hours, 3 credits
Focuses on why there are struggles over income, property and power
on the interpersonal, community, national and international levels.
Examines the causes of disputes, the difficulties that arise in
resolving them, the alternative methods for settling them
(conciliation, mediation, arbitration, adjudication) and the advantages
of peaceful resolution.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and SOC 101
SOC 209 Sociology of Work and Jobs
3 hours, 3 credits
Explores the importance of work as a major source of individual and
group identity, income, lifestyle and influence; how people find jobs,
why they choose a particular line of work, why they stay or leave; the
different occupations, the pay, prestige, privileges, power and
satisfactions they bring; the rise and development of trade unions and
professional organizations; how most work has become routinized,
impersonal, narrowly limited, yet highly specialized; and on-the-job
problems of absence, turnover, boredom, sabotage and stealing.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and SOC 101
SOC 210 Sex and Culture
(Same course as ANT 210 and PSY 210)
3 hours, 3 credits
Study of behavior and psychological differences between males and
females in the light of contemporary social science theories of social
structure, social learning, and individual development. Emphasis on
the examination of contemporary theoretical issues in cross-cultural
perspective.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing or above
SOC 213 Race and Ethnic Relations
(Same course as PSY 213)
3 hours, 3 credits
An analysis of the problems and economic and social positions of
minority groups in the United States. Power relationships among
various public and private institutions, militant action organizations,
service agency programs, etc., are explored in the light of their
impact upon the administration of justice in urban ghetto
communities, the role of minority group police officers, the
community environment and the people among whom law
enforcement must operate. Interactions among historical and current
social forces and institutions that influence group and individual
behavior within urban ghetto communities are examined. New trends
in inter-group relations, emergence of new minorities and American
groups contesting for program funding and services in the urban
environment.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and one of the following: SOC 101, PSY
101 or ANT 101
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