SOCY 3310 Studies in Crime and Social Justice
Crime and social justice are considered not as distinct, but indivisible constructs produced through specific knowable institutional/personal practices. Course allows students to analyze perspectives on the process through which laws and criminal justice institutions have been/continue to be constructed; situate crime study within a "power reflexive" framework, while being attentive to the operation of race, class, and gender as features of contemporary social relations/institutions; discuss contemporary intellectual and practical efforts challenging existing conceptual and political structures relating to crime and social justice; and imagine/articulate institutions paralleling the vision of social justice developed throughout the course.
Course overview
- Department
- Sociology
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Fall, Periodically in the Spring
Requirements fulfilled
- 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
- 4.37 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.42 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 6
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Jessica Hedges | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 14 |
| Spring 2025 | Jessica Hedges | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 20 of 29 |
| Fall 2024 | Jessica Hedges | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 16 of 18 |
| Fall 2023 | Jessica Hedges | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 of 16 |
| Fall 2022 | Jessica Hedges | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 17 of 21 |
| Fall 2021 | Jessica Hedges | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 15 of 24 |