Criminal Investigation Technology Discussion
#1 Assignment
- Please research the technology used to investigate:
- In addition to the material we covered this semester, there is a number of other chapters in your textbook, each of which deals with a subfield of sociological research that can benefit from the broader perspectives we have directly studied. These chapters are:
- fingerprints
- DNA
- firearms
Then, explain how the latest technology is used in the investigations of fingerprints, DNA, and firearms? What do you think will be available to investigators in the next 5, 10 or 20 years, and how will these new technologies change investigations?
Assignment#2
In addition to the material we covered this semester, there is a number of other chapters in your textbook, each of which deals with a subfield of sociological research that can benefit from the broader perspectives we have directly studied. These chapters are:
●Demography
●Aging
●Economy
●Family
●Religion
●Health and Medicine
●Collective Behavior
In your assigned groups, choose one of these chapters and prepare a presentation of the subfield
it presents. You should cover the following:
●The general purpose and interests of the subfield
●Some findings from work in the subfield
●Theoretical perspectives and conclusions from the subfield, including how general
sociological perspectives (structural-functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict
theory) and concepts (such as structure, inequality, culture, socialization, groups and
categories, identity, interaction, etc.) can be applied to the subfield
●In essence, explore one of these branches of sociological inquiry using what you’ve
learned this semester!
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