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• SO 228: Gender, Law and Public Policy

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  This course analyzes laws, public policies, and practices that have constructed and regulated gender in the public and private sectors, with special attention to employment and education. It examines the historical constructions of gender as a concept in American society, including how and why this concept was institutionalized publicly and privately in various arenas of the U.S. at different historical junctures. The course will conclude with a study of the progress that has been made in dismantling gendered institutions and the challenges that remain
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• SO 255: Law, Marriage, and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  In this course we will analyze issues arising in the context of marriage and the family from a socio-legal perspective. The course will begin by examining the history of marriage, charting its inception and its various incarnations throughout the centuries leading up to our present conception of its role in society. We will then survey of the law of domestic relations, including the law of marriage and annulment, divorce, legitimacy of children, custody, and adoption
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• SO 260: Urban Communities and Politic

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  An examination of theories about how cities developed and function and the importance of cities in today's world. We consider the development of U.S. urban centers as well as others throughout the world. The course also focuses on social life and social problems within cities. Pittsburgh is used as an example throughout this course
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• SO 270: Cultural Humility in Social Work

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  An introduction to practical social service process-stage approach to ethnic and cultural groups. Given our culturally diverse society, intervention practice approaches have universal application to service specific populations. Drawing on cultures as holistic designs for living, insights and strategies for addressing human needs and concerns from a culturally sensitive perspective will be covered
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• SO 285: Victims of Crime

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  An multidisciplinary seminar focusing on the victims of crimes, with an emphasis on understanding victims' responses, restorative justice programs, and services for victims of crime
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• SO 287: Introduction to Public Policy

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  An analysis of public policy as well as an overview of how citizens identify issues and concerns and influence policy through civic engagement and advocacy efforts. The relationship of public policy legislation to social problems is explored, with attention given to women and other disadvantaged groups. The acquisition of analytical skills necessary to understand, improve, and participate in the policy making process is emphasized
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• SO 289: Evidence and Procedures

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  This course is an in-depth look at the application of the procedural requirements of the US Criminal Justice System as mandated by the US Constitution, State Constitutions, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the State rules of Criminal Procedure. The course covers the procedures required by the Criminal Justice system, and the courts, from the initial suspicion of a crime to post-conviction. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment safeguards of the US Constitution are emphasized, with a particular focus upon the purposes of Arrest Law, the law of Warrants, Search and Seizure, the Exclusionary rule, Trial procedures, and other process remedies
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• SO 290: Introduction to Fraud Investigation

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  This course will introduce students to the nature and extent of fraud. Students will learn the legal elements of fraud, the methods employees use to commit occupational fraud, and the basic principles involved in fraud investigation. It examines the sociology of fraud: the drivers for commission of occupational fraud; structural mechanisms to deter fraudulent conduct; and the manner in which fraud should be investigated and resolved in order to provide future practitioners of criminal justice with an understanding of the evolving problems of white collar crime such as business fraud and cybercrime
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• SO 303: Prison and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  This undergraduate course examines the history, structure, and functions of corrections, and the legal and philosophical basis for the punishment of criminal offenders including the role of corrections as one of the three major components of the criminal justice system. The course will also discuss repercussions of the current status of the correctional system and its relationship with society
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• SO 305: Seminar in Contemporary Sociological Theory

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  This course is an overview of contemporary sociological theory in the conflict, functionalist, and microinteractionist traditions. Students learn how to read theory from primary and secondary sources and develop an understanding of theory building throughout the course. Emphasis throughout the course is on the connection between theory and observation of social life
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