1 CJL4934 Media & Crime Spring 2017 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 1:55-2:45 Matherly Hall: Room 103 Instructor: Lauren He
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CJL4934 Media & Crime Spring 2017 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 1:55-2:45 Matherly Hall: Room 103 Instructor: Lauren Henry [email protected] Office Hours: I am available for office hours Wednesday 12-1 in Turlington Hall Office 3331. If you would like to meet outside of these office hours please contact me to make an appointment. Email: Please contact me through Canvas (strongly preferred) or at my email indicated above. When emailing, use your ufl.edu address. This ensures that I am able to receive it and it isn’t at risk of being labelled as junk mail. I check my email daily and if you have not received a response from me in 48 hours please send a follow up email to ensure that I receive your message. Email responses will be less frequent over weekends. When emailing, make sure to keep all exchanges professional and clear. Announcements: I will be utilizing announcements on the Canvas page in order to post any reminders, updates and changes regarding the class. For example, if class is cancelled for any reason this is the method of communication I will be utilizing. Please make sure to review all announcements to ensure that you are informed of any updates or changes. Course Description: The media is one of the world’s most important and rapidly changing social institutions. The relationship between media and crime & justice is not a new phenomenon, but it continuously evolving. This course delves into important features of that relationship, including the role of the media in constructing images about crime and justice, in shaping our perceptions of reality about crime and justice, and in influencing our debates about criminal justice policies. Requirements: There are no required texts for this course. Due to the nature of this course, students will be required to complete readings from various media sources as well as videos outside of class. All of this required resources will be posted on the Canvas page. The readings required are all posted in the files by their corresponding week. The readings will be discussed in class so make sure to 1 have them complete for the next lecture. All discussion of the readings and information within the readings is fair game on the quizzes. Student Rights and Responsibilities: As a student you have numerous rights and responsibilities. Please inform yourself about your rights and responsibilities, including academic honesty guidelines, formal and informal procedures for hearing academic dishonesty cases, the grievance procedure, and the confidentiality of student records. See http://www.dso.ufl.edu/studentguide/ According to university rules, on all work submitted for credit by students at the university, the following pledge is either required or implied: “On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment.” As a student you also have confidentiality rights. Student records are confidential. If your parent(s) contact(s) us about your grade or any information that is not “UF directory information,” I will tell them to contact you with their questions. Student Accommodations: Please contact the Dean of Students Office in order to receive documentation of your needs. Contact me with the accommodation information and documentation and I will be happy to make all necessary accommodations. Please contact me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE in the course and after receiving an accommodation letter regarding accommodations. When providing accommodation documents make sure to provide me with ALL of the necessary documents. In order for me to provide accommodations I need both a copy of your official accommodation letter as well as all corresponding documents. For example, if you need a note taker you must provide your letter as well as the full DRC packet issued in regards to having a note taker. Grading: Submission Format: All papers and submissions must be a word document. If it is in a different format (pdf, .pages, etc.) IT WILL NOT BE GRADED. This is to ensure that I can open the file and grade it. Grammar: Grammar, punctuation, and syntax are crucial in all written assignments. There are no assigned points for grammar outlined in each assignments rubric BUT if grammar is a distraction to your writing there will be a reduction in your grade. Additionally, if your paper has a large amount of grammatical issues that make it difficult to understand, read and grade you will have to submit a revised version. The mandatory revised version of assignments will only be able to obtain a 50%. 2 APA Format: All written papers MUST BE in APA format. This is built into the grade for every paper. If a paper does not include the following items it WILL NOT receive the points for proper formatting. You DO NOT need to include an abstract with any of your papers. Please see the attached example paper for clarification on any of these points. These aspects of a paper must be in the proper format: Times New Roman font Size 12 font Page numbers 1 inch margins A title page Headers* Proper in text citations* Reference list* *These aspects must be done in APA formatting when they are utilized but it is not necessary to utilize them in all of the assignments. For example, headers might not be used in your law quote paper but they will be in your Just Mercy paper. Plagiarism: Plagiarism will in no way be tolerated in this course. DO NOT “cut and paste” other individuals’ work. ALWAYS cite any information that you reference that is not your own. If you use writing and information from another source besides yourself and you do not put it in quotes it will be considered plagiarism. All assignments will be submitted through Canvas and will be run through Turnitin. Late Policy: Late papers will be accepted within 24 hours of the due date and will have the assignment’s grade lowered as a penalty. For clarification, all assignments submitted late automatically are reduced to a possible 75%. For example, if a paper is out of 50 points the highest score that a late paper can achieve is a 37.5. ANY WORK SUBMITTED AFTER 24 HOURS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. This is set in stone and exceptions will not be made. If an emergency occurs, please contact me. Documentation for excused late submissions is required. This would include doctors notes, receipt from tech support for assistance, etc. Please contact me before an assignment is due to inform me that it will be late if some emergency arises (more than 24 hours before). You will NOT be given the opportunity to make up missed assignments at the end of the semester. This is final and it is your responsibility as a student to complete your work. 3 Make up Policy: I understand that sometimes one's personal life interferes with one's ability to complete graded activities like assignments and quizzes. If you have an excused reason for missing a class assignment (e.g., documented illness, death in the family, surgery, etc.), you will be allowed to make up what you missed IF you contact me immediately before/after the missed assignment or quiz. All make up assignments and quizzes MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED WITHIN A WEEK of their original scheduled time or due date. Please contact me as soon as you know that you are unable to complete a graded activity and your makeup will be scheduled at my discretion. In terms of making up quizzes, your lowest quiz grade in this class is dropped at the end of the semester. Therefore, if you miss one quiz, you do not need to provide documentation for me right away. However, if an emergency occurs that hinders your ability to complete a quiz please contact me so that we can discuss the situation and if a makeup quiz is necessary. Technical Issues: If you have a technical issue occur that hinders your ability to submit an assignment please contact the UF help desk (http://helpdesk.ufl.edu). They will give you a ticket number when they assist you. Contact me with this number and I will make sure to work with you to complete whatever you were not able to because of technical issues. If you are having difficulty with Canvas while attempting to submit an assignment and may miss the deadline because of this EMAIL me your assignment. This shows that the assignment was completed on time and that I am aware of the technical difficulties that you have experienced. If you are having difficulty with internet, please take a screen shot of the completed assignment to show that the assignment was completed on time. This is to ensure that the assignment was in fact completed on time. Grading Scale: Grading will be done on a point system. At the end of the semester you simply need to add the points accumulated to reveal your final score. The points are spread across the various graded assignments (see below for a description of each graded activity). There will not be any minuses in the final grades. When calculating your grade keep in mind that your lowest quiz score will be dropped (when adding points only include your 5 highest quiz grades. Your final point totals will be graded using the following scheme. There are 250 total possible points in the class. 4 Points & Grades 225 or higher A 213-224 B+ 200-212 B 188-199 C+ 175-187 C 163-174 D+ 150-162 D 149 or lower E Total Possible Points: 250 Coursework: Attendance: Since this course’s foundation is in class lectures, discussions and activities, attendance is incredibly important.