Sociology Courses | March 27, 2006

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Sociology of Violence

Grissom gives a lecture on Detention The Prison System

Discussion: The United States has 486 prisoners per 100,000 of population, the highest ratio of developed nations. Does this surprise you? Why or why not?

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Sociology of the Paranormal

Grissom gives a lecture on apparitions, of the paranormal, spiritual, and supernatural nature.

Homework: Now that we've discussed thoughts on the afterlife, and various religious practices, I'd like you to prepare a report on a sighting of an apparition for Wednesday. It can be a personal experience, a report on a friend's experience, or a mainstream historical or religious event.

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Re: Violence

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter signed in and pondered how much he personally had contributed to those statistics.

He didn't have much to say today, though, because he was nervous about going to the clinic shortly.

Re: Violence

[demonbelthazor]

Bel signed in.

"There are a lot of demons in the United States," Bel said. "They organize human crime and gangs and a lot of times don't care when humans get caught, so they let them rot in prison."

Re: Violence

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe signs in and takes extensive notes on the lecture.

She idly wonders how many of those numbers would change if some of those were demons...

Re: Violence

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica didn't need to take notes since she already had a pretty good handle on how the prison system worked.

"It doesn't surprise me at all," she said.

Re: Violence

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco signed in a took notes. Even though he was very familiar with prison, his father was there after all he noticed that the muggle system was a lot different than Azkaban.

"I can't believe it's up that high." Draco says "In my world there isn't very many people in our prison. Of course Azkaban is very strict and only extreme cases get sent there."

Re: Violence

[absolutesnark]

Piper signs in and takes a lot of notes.

"I'm really not surprised," she said simply. "Seems like the United States is more violent for some reason."

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[can_be_more]

Aeryn signs in. And she's really just not going to say much.