SOCY 3309 Restoration and Repair: Justice System Innovations
This course will survey institutional, cultural and societal innovations over the last 25 years in the criminal justicesystem. Forexample, the course will familiarize students with problemsolving courts, restorative justice, prison and educational system partnerships, and variouscommunity and cultural initiatives seeking criminal justice reform. At the conclusion of the course students will be expected to envision and articulate a criminal justice innovation of their own.
Course overview
- Department
- Sociology
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Fall
Requirements fulfilled
- International Studies: Concentration: Ethics and Social Justice – approved courses (six courses in one concentration) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- International Studies: Concentration: Global Cultures – Cultures and Social Movements cluster (six courses; electives must come from one cluster) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- International Studies: Concentration: Global Cultures – Cultures at Work cluster (six courses; electives must come from one cluster) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Applied Psychology and Human Development: Major electives — any Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOCY) course (no more than two electives from outside LSEHD) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Sociology: Sociology electives (18 credits, generally six courses) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Sociology: Upper-level Sociology electives (at least 9 of the 18 elective credits must be SOCY3000 or higher) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Forensics: Three Electives from the List of Approved Electives (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.43 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.58 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Jessica Hedges | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 16 of 19 |
| Spring 2024 | Jessica Hedges | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 15 of 17 |
| Spring 2023 | Jessica Hedges | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 17 of 21 |
| Spring 2022 | Jessica Hedges | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 10 of 19 |