Law & Criminal Justice

Interested in a career or graduate study in law, security, and/or criminal justice?                                Queens College Sociology offers several classes taught by topic experts and experienced professionals

Courses

SOC 208: Social Problems: Understand The societal Problems with which the criminal justice system grapples
SOC 209: Criminal Justice: Learn about the workings of the criminal justice system and law/security
enforcement.
SOC 213: Deviance & Social Pathology:. Learn about how societies label behaviors as acceptable versus an ill to society.
SOC 217: Crime & Juvenile: Delinquency. Major theories of crime, its offenders, and enforcement.
SOC 222 : Social Welfare as a Social Institution: The social institutions designed to ensure the wellbeing of its people
SOC 225: Sociology of Drugs: Drugs, addiction, and how society deals with it.
SOC 247: Sociology of Law: Learn about how society organizes its legal system, and how social forces shape legal practice

Featured Faculty

Sarah Hanks : Adjunct Assistant Professor

Sarah Hanks

Adjunct Assistant Professor

culturalsociology@gmail.com

Carolyn Coburn : Adjunct Lecturer

Carolyn Coburn

Adjunct Lecturer

carolyn.coburn@stonybrook.edu

Joseph L. Lozada : Adjunct Lecturer

Joseph L. Lozada

Adjunct Lecturer

jllozadany@aol.com

Maura McGee : Adjunct Assistant Professor

Maura McGee

Adjunct Assistant Professor

mcgee.maura@gmail.com

Omar Montana : Adjunct Assistant Professor

Omar Montana

Adjunct Assistant Professor

nycmontana96@gmail.com

Joseph E. Pascarella, PhD, MPH : Adjunct Assistant Professor

Joseph E. Pascarella, PhD, MPH

Adjunct Assistant Professor

joseph.pascarella@qc.cuny.edu

Robin Rogers : Associate Professor

Robin Rogers

Associate Professor

Scott A Soares : Adjunct Lecturer

Scott A Soares

Adjunct Lecturer

Scott.Soares@qc.cuny.edu

Former NYPD

Fall 2025 Schedule