Subject Area: Sociology and Anthropology<br/>This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: Criminology<br/><br/>This course explores the similarities between sociology and crime scene investigation by examining how isolated and seemingly random pieces of data are actually embedded in larger frames of social and informational significance. We will consider the question of human agency and individual culpability, eyewitness testimony and memory, the relationship between individual behaviours and social norms, and how this material complicates our understanding of personhood, the nature of evidence, truth and social justice. We will also investigate “the two cultures... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 24 units of credit in Sociology Stream, or 24 units of credit in the Criminology stream, or enrolment in Program 3422 or 4763 and 12 uoc in Level 2 SLSP courses and 18 uoc in Level 2 Criminology courses
