SOC 485 - Capital Punishment

(C)Deals with the death penalty as an element of American criminal justice policy. Topics include the development of the modern system of capital punishment; the responsibilities and experiences of attorneys, jurors, prison personnel and others in its implementation; the social network of death row; and empirical research on deterrence, sentencing disparities by race, the death penalty’s fiscal impact, the estimated probability of miscarriages of justice, and other issues in the current policy debate.Prerequisite: SOC 100 or 150 or ANT 102Fulfills Liberal Arts (LAS) Requirement *Also listed As: Also listed as CRM 485.Notes: Category D(3 cr. hr.)

Frequency Code Descriptor:
A = Every semester
B = At least once per year
C = At least once every two years
F = Fall
M = Summer
O = Occasionally
S = Spring
W = Winter