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SOC 305 Weekly Assignments and Discussions

SOC 305 Weekly Assignments and Discussions

SOC 305 Weekly Assignments and Discussions
WEEK 2
DQ 1- After listening to the interview with Stephen B. Bright, The quality of a legal defense: Does it matter if you’re rich or poor?, please respond to the following:
  1. How does geographic location play a role in the quality of representation provided by the public defender?
  2. How does the overburdened public defense system in many areas contribute to issues of wrongful conviction?
  3. Contrast the legal representation described by Bright to the level of representation available to white-collar, corporate, and environmental crimes.
This discussion highlights two issues – wrongful conviction and the overburdened public defender system. How can these problems be solved?

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DQ 2 – Women’s relationships in prison commonly fulfil an emotional need. They are different from men’s sexual relationships in prison in that they are less likely to involve coercion or be motivated by power and status grabs. In addition to romantic relationships, female inmates are also likely to form prison families with roles that mimic mothers, sisters, and even grandmothers. For many inmates, their prison family is the first positive female role modelling they have encountered.
In the article, Inside a maximum security women’s prison, reporter Diane Sawyer spent a day and a night inside a prison to explore the relationships of female prisoners, particularly as they pertain to sex. In addition, read the report, Managing sexual relationships in a female prison, that takes a deeper look at the culture from the perspective of the guards of Bandy up Women’s Prison in Washington.
  1. Should guards allow or encourage familial and/or sexual relationships in prison? What are the pros and cons?
  2. Why do you think women who are straight in the community choose to enter into homosexual relationships in prison?
  3. How might prison families help women cope with incarceration?
WEEK 3
DQ 1- Determining whether to try a child in the juvenile or the criminal justice system will have an impact on every step of his or her experience. Although the exact laws and practices of the systems vary from state to state, broad underlying beliefs differentiate the two systems. While the juvenile system is often thought to be more lenient in its punishments, there are often stricter regulations throughout the process. In the juvenile system a child may not have a right to a jury trial or bail. Juvenile records are not open to public access like criminal records and parole is very different between the two systems. When the child in question is considered a child, the courts act as more of a parent attempting to punish but also protect.
Differences between juvenile and adult criminal justice systems exist at every step of the way. In the website Four Kids, Four Crimes, follow four cases and examine how and why two defendants were tried as juveniles and two were tried as adults. After reading all four case stories, answer the following questions:
  1. Would you try Christian Fernandez, from the beginning of Chapter 5 of your text, in adult court or juvenile court?
  2. What criteria did you use in making your decision?
  3. How did you apply those criteria to the case of Christian Fernandez?

SOC 305 Week 3 Assignment – Myths and Reality of Crime

As we learn in the video, Crimes of the Powerful, our justice system tends to focus on street crime, often ignoring much more significant problems such as white-collar, corporate, and state crime.
Write a paper discussing the myths and realities of crime. Please elaborate on the following points in your essay:
  1. Imagine asking 100 strangers to describe a criminal. Predict whether those descriptions would be likely to focus on street criminals, or the variety of topics covered in this video.
  2. Describe how society defines crime. Do not provide a definition – instead, explain how the definition is reached.

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SOC 305 Week 5 Final Paper

Final Paper
Select and then define a significant issue faced by the justice system, describe the scope and consequences of the issue, and discuss society’s responses to the issue (including public policies and other less formal responses). Papers should also present a clearly reasoned alternative, supported by scholarly research. SOC 305 Weekly Assignments and Discussions
While the following example can be modified to suit your needs, this outline is likely to result in a high-quality Final Paper:
  1. Title
  2. Abstract
  3. What is the problem? Be sure to narrow your problem enough to allow a focused examination.
  4. What are the individual and social implications of this problem? Discussion of implications should be supported by accurate research data.
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