{"id":349,"date":"2026-03-06T05:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2026-03-06T06:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T06:35:07","slug":"crjs-320","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/crjs-320\/","title":{"rendered":"CRJS 320"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Law and Social Control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examines the creation, use and effectiveness of formal and informal mechanisms of social control for both criminal and noncriminal deviant behavior. Cross-cultural comparisons are given special emphasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Objectives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the concept of social control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand intellectual thought and perspectives regarding the development<br>of social control and changes in social control, in the US and across the globe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examine the methods other cultures use in employing social control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examine the formal and informal ways that society responds to deviance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discuss the central role of law in social control.<br>o Develop an understanding of Donald Black\u2019s Theory of law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examine law and the roles of agencies of the criminal justice system in social<br>control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examine other systems of law based on religion and\/or authoritarianism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discuss the relationship between law, the media, and public opinion; to<br>include the influence of the media and the public on change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing Assignment #1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a 5 full-page paper, discuss one of the following topics, with a focus on contemporary society:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Religion and Social Control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Socialization Practices and Social Control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medicalization and Social Control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37310\/2026\/03\/The-Impact-of-Family-on-Socialization.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">The-Impact-of-Family-on-Socialization<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing Assignment #2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an 8 full-page paper, select, research, and discuss one of the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Legal issues in the use of technology in law enforcement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal issues in dealing with online hate speech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal and ethical issues in online surveillance\/monitoring and\/or censorship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37310\/2026\/03\/Legal-Issues-of-Dealing-with-Online-Censorship-and-Monitoring.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Legal-Issues-of-Dealing-with-Online-Censorship-and-Monitoring<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law and Social Control Examines the creation, use and effectiveness of formal and informal mechanisms of social control for both criminal and noncriminal deviant behavior. Cross-cultural comparisons are given special emphasis. Objectives Writing Assignment #1 In a 5 full-page paper, discuss one of the following topics, with a focus on contemporary society: Writing Assignment #2&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/crjs-320\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":29832,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/vincentrechkemer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}