SOCIOL623 Alcohol, Drugs & Crime
Course Description
This course focuses on the multifaceted associations among alcohol, drug use, and crime in America. It distinguishes legal and policy issues from competing paradigms and contrasts criminal justice and public health models. State-of-the-art etiology, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment studies correlating criminality and substance misuse are assessed and evaluated in historical and sociocultural contexts. The course highlights social service systems in relation to current practices and institutionalized definitions of health and illness, crime and criminals.

Prerequisite: Graduate student in Applied Sociology, Counseling, or Forensics.
Academic Information
Credits: 3
Schedule & Fee
Dates: Jun 1 - Aug 26
Class #: 3546
Course Fee: $1335
Lab Fee: $0
Total Course Fee: $1335
Instructor
Stephanie Hartwell
stephanie.hartwell@umb.edu | Bio
Book Information
  1. Gaines, Larry K. and Peter Kraska, (Editors), Drugs, Crime and Justice: Contemporary Perspectives. Waveland Press, Inc. 2007 (third edition).
  2. Cullen, Francis T. and Robert Agnew, (Editors), Criminological Theory: Past to Present. Roxbury Publishing. 2006 (third edition).
  3. A biography of your choosing, approved by instructor related to crime/drugs. For instance, I will be reading America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life by Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Wimba Requirement
UMB online courses use Wimba classroom (a live discussion tool) at least twice during the semester. Information about Horizon Wimba can be found at www.dlvpc.umb.edu/wimbasupport.htm. Your course instructor will inform you about dates and times of course meetings in Wimba Classroom.