Hey, Marty! I'd definitely use Thomas Szasz's Our Right To Drugs for the drugs bit. He's a libertarian, so he focuses on all the consequences for sick "normal" people of scheduling and controling drugs. It would be easy to bring up the current assault on pseudoephedrine in that context to show how every person with a cold or alergies is being punished to prevent a tiny number of small time speed freaks...
Hope that helps.
D. Angus Vail
Associate Professor of Sociology
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503.370.6313
Fax: 503.370.6512
"It's not enough to know that things work.
The laurels go to those who can show HOW they work."
Associate Professor of Sociology
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503.370.6313
Fax: 503.370.6512
"It's not enough to know that things work.
The laurels go to those who can show HOW they work."
From: Marty Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: teachsoc <[email protected]>
Subject: TEACHSOC: help, please
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:25:41 -0400
Hi -- for reasons I don't completely understand (I thought you got immunity from new preps after 30 years!), I will be teaching a senior seminar next year on criminal justice and morality (in other words, should these things be against the law). We will be using a text that covers drugs, prostitution, abortion, pornography, homosexuality and gambling. I like to have students present at least two sides of issues, and then have a class debate. Probably I will direct the abortion debate to stem cell theory research, and use queer theory heavily to avoid the homosexuality and deviance quagmire. If anyone has seen any good articles, short cheap books, videos, class exercises, fuzzy dice or whatever, please let me know. Has anyone used the video Southern Comfort? Perhaps I could do sex trafficking, but I'd have to see who is in the class -- I did a lot on it in my violence against women class last year.
I'm sure you could post any answers, but private suggestions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be just as appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Marty
Martin D. Schwartz
Professor of Sociology
Ohio University
119 Bentley Annex
Athens, OH 45701
740.593.1366 (voice)
740.593.1365 (fax)
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