*Racial/ethnic differences in homicide rates
1. The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair' 2. Suicide Risk and Protective Factors
3. The Suicide Tourist
HW: Assignment #2 - Suicide and Social Location Answer the following questions in a paragraph each: 1. Define social location and marginalization, and explain how they might place a role in suicide. Look to the agenda from last class if you need to review. 2. Which risk and protective factors are "sociological" (meaning which are the result of social or societal issues beyond an individual person's mental health)? (look here: Suicide Risk and Protective Factors) 3. Reflect on "Suicide Tourist". What are you left thinking about? Do you think it is ethical/moral (and should be legal) for doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives?
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1. Review suicide and gun data analysis from last class (see previous agenda for graphs/charts)
2. Social Location, Marginalization and Suicide A. What is social location? Social location is defined as the social position an individual holds within their society and is based upon social characteristics deemed to be important by any given society. Some of the social characteristics deemed to be important by U.S. society include social class position, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion and so on. Sociologists argue that the social location of an individual profoundly influences who they are and who they become, interactions with others, self-perception, opportunities and outcomes. Social location can predicts levels of privilege, power, inequality, and social status (or lack of) for various groups within a society. How does your social location "rank" on the social latter (societal hierarchy)? Does your social location give you privilege and power, or does it marginalize you? B. What does it mean to be "marginalized"? C. The connection between suicide, social location, and marginalization? 3. Suicide and Race/Ethnicity (social location) With your table determine the following for your assigned racial/ethnic group (everyone should write down the answers - you will need them for your HW assignment):
Click the link below, and the click the link below "See this Resource" Table 1: Suicide among racial/ethnic populations in the U.S.: American Indians/Alaska Natives Table 2: Suicide among racial/ethnic populations in the U.S.: Asians, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians Table 3: Suicide among racial/ethnic populations in the U.S.: Blacks Table 4: Suicide among racial/ethnic populations in the U.S.: Hispanics Table 5: Suicide among racial/ethnic populations in the U.S.: Whites C. Groups report out 4. Suicide Risk and Protective Factors
HW - none 1. Intro to Mr. Parise
2. Review Course Info
3. What to expect and what I expect!
Put simply:
4. Data Analysis - What is the connection between guns and suicide?
HW: none (but be sure to finish the Quick Quiz Question if you did not do so in class)
Welcome to Sociology with Mr. Parise!
1. What is Sociology? Any guesses? Why are you here? 2. Definition of Sociology: Sociology is the scientific study of human groups. It provides tools for understanding how and why our society functions, the impact of social intuitions on individual lives, and the challenges of social interaction between individuals and society. More basically, sociologists study why/how society is the way it is, and how society and the people in it influence our lives. 3. An example of what sociologists do: Studying gun violence in America. A. Individually, craft a hypothesis to the following question: Who is the most common victim of gun violence and why (type of person and cause)? Be sure to include the following details in your hypothesis:
B. Why do you think this? (how did you come to your prediction?) C. As a table, try to come to a consensus (agreement) on your prediction. Discuss your individual thoughts, and try to generate a "group prediction." 3. Using this data visualization test your hypotheses and determine "who" is the most common victim of gun violence (cause, sex, age, race).
4. The Gender Inequality Of Suicide: Why Are Men At Such High Risk?
5. What does gun violence in America look like? 6. Assignment #1 - Guns and Suicide A. Join the Sociology Google Classroom (find join code at the top of the page) B. Open the attached document and answer the questions in detailed, complete sentences 1. So who is the most common victim of gun violence? Was this surprising to you? How close was your hypothesis? 2. Why do you think most of the hypotheses were so far off? Why do think many people have such a significant misunderstanding of gun violence? 3. What is the connection between gender and suicide? What are some of the possible reasons that men in America are much more likely to kill themselves compared to women, especially by gun? 4. Explain one other significant thing you learned about gun violence in America that you think everyone should know. Describe what you learned and why you think it's meaningful. HW: Finish Assignment #1 Hi Everyone,
Addy has the flu, so I am home with her today. Please use class time to finish up any end-of-semester work in other classes. I hope to see everyone on Friday for our LAST CLASS! Thanks, Mr. Parise 1. The Social Effects of the War on Drugs:
Assignment #17 "The House I Live In" Clips (click link for access to the video)
*Remaining Assignments:
1. Review the Final Exam Essay
2. How did Portugal try to solve their drug crisis? 3. How effective has Portugal's approach been? But the US has mainly used a criminal just approach to address our drug problem. This has led to "mass incarceration". The US has under 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoners. Below is more information about incarceration in the US. Assignment #16 - Incarceration in America 1. Mass Incarceration in the United States - Infographic A. How many people in jail/prison in the US? B. What is the percent increase in this population over the past 40 years? C. Compare America's incarceration rate to Russia, Australia, China, Canada, and Germany. D. Compare the number of people incarcerated for drugs in 1980 versus 2014. What is the primary cause of the difference? E. How has the number of people serving life sentences changed between 1980 and 2012? F. Compare the percentage of the population made up of people of color, versus the percentage of the prison population that are people of color. G. Which group of Americans are the most likely to be incarcerated? Which is least likely? 2. Detailed Graph of the American Prison Population A. How many in state prisons? B. How many in federal prisons? C. Total incarcerated population? D. How many for drugs in state prisons? E. How many for drugs in federal prisons? F. How many for drugs in local jails? G. How many for drugs in juvenile detention? *Turn in completed Assignment 16 to Google Classroom Hi Everyone,
While I'm out today, please work on the following: 1. If not already done, complete and turn in Assignment #15 (Chasing Heroin questions). 2. Work on your Sociology Final Essay
*Test Corrections Extra Credit Opportunity
*Sociology Final Essay - due Monday 1/13. I will go over this in detail next class. But feel free to read it on your own and get a head start before then! 1. What is "Opioid Addiction"? 2. Should we treat Opioid addiction as a criminal or health issue: NJ Gov. Chris Christie's answer 3. Finish PBS Frontline: Chasing Heroin
From last time: #2 - Alternative Strategies A. Methadone - patients visit a methadone clinic once per day to get a daily dose of methadone (a medical opioid). Methadone feeds the opioid addiction without causing a "high". This is considered a "medically assisted treatment." B. Drug Court - an alternative to the traditional court system that requires the person to enter drug treatment and submit to frequent drug testing over a 12 month period. Failure in the program leads to automatic conviction of drug charges. Success gets charges dropped. C. LEAD Program (Seattle) - instead of being sent to jail, qualifying users are paired with a counselor/social worker who can assist with getting into drug treatment, medical care, housing, employment, and other issues the person may need help with. Clients are not put in jail and are not kicked out of the program for continuing to use. D. Needle Exchanges - users can exchange used needles for new ones (usually for free). The goals are to reduce likelihood of disease transmission (mainly HIV and Hepatitis), and promote the safe disposal of used needles. HW: Assignment #15 - Chasing Heroin Note Sheet. Be sure to finish questions 3 and 4. |
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