A & D - Criminology 12 - Today we'll start by looking at the three perspectives of how criminologists view crime:
Consensus = the belief that the majority of citizens in society share common values and agree on what behaviours should be defined as criminal.
Conflict = the belief that criminal behaviour is defined by those in a position of power to protect and advance their own self-interest.
Interactionist = the belief that those with social power are able to impose their values on society as a whole, and these values then define criminal behaviour.
After this we'll watch our first Criminal Minds episode of the course. I'll have you watch "Empty Planet" from Season 2. In this episode The BAU travels to Seattle to identify and catch a serial bomber who has been terrorizing the city and targeting centers of automated technology. Working with the author of a science fiction novel that has become a guide for the bomber, the team attempts to determine why certain sites have been chosen as targets. I'll ask you to explain the profile that the team builds on the serial bomber after the episode is done.
B - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today we will look at geologic time, uniformitarianism (idea developed by Charles Lyall the "father" of geology), catastrophism, feedback in systems and thresholds (in order to understand the non-linear complex system that is the Earth). Lastly we will look at humans in the Earth system. To end the class we will work on a few definitions and questions to review our chapter 1 work. Monday we'll start to look at minerals and mineral structure.
C - Geograhy 12 - Today we'll finish our look at the Five Themes, looking at movement and regions, discuss the Geography ID assignment and then move on to systems and spheres. Today will be an important class as everything we look at in geography will be through the lens of systems science. We'll look at systems, feedback, equilibrium, and thresholds. A reminder: the "Geography ID" assignment will be due on Tuesday (NOTE: you'll need access to the Internet and Google Earth - download Google Earth for free at http://earth.google.com/). After, if there's time, we'll move on to geographic spheres within the Earth system. Your homework will be to finish questions 1-4 in the week 1 package I gave you today (what is a system; explain and give an example of both an open and a closed system; what is a feedback loop and explain, with examples, positive and negative feedback loops; and what is a steady state condition, dynamic equilibrium, metastable equilibrium and thresholds in terms of systems).
Pau Hana Ohana!
Nestled away, in the back corner of G.P. Vanier, you'll find room 115 (we used to be 611). Lurking in the shadows of this room is Mr. Young...waiting to pounce on unsuspecting students and natter on about volcanoes, hail, psychopathy, criminal law defenses, cultural diffusion, media theories, crime, and urban models of city development. He loves his job in 115 and can't wait to work with you this year.
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