{"id":1035,"date":"2019-06-29T20:37:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/honors\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2022-07-11T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T18:04:46","slug":"breaking-bad-drug-economics-and-crime-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/2019\/06\/29\/breaking-bad-drug-economics-and-crime-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Bad: Drug Economics and Crime Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1035\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1035-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1035-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1035-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-ea0af4cf39ae-1035\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHON 398 \u2013 Dr. Casey Jordan\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-sub-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tModes of Inquiry: Textual Analysis, Scientific and Mathematical Analysis, Historical, Social and Cultural Analysis\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1035-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Course Description:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The hit TV series\u00a0<em>Breaking Bad<\/em>\u00a0has been praised for its compelling dramatic storyline about Walter White, a simple math teacher and family man who \u201cbreaks bad\u201d when he discovers he has cancer. But <em>Breaking Bad<\/em> is far more than just great entertainment; in its five seasons of nearly 50 viewing hours, it reveals situations of crime patterns, criminal typologies, and economic complexities of the drug market that are quite accurate when compared to real-world situations. This course requires students to watch the entire series of <em>Breaking Bad<\/em> in their own time (about 3-4 episodes per week), utilizing assigned readings (criminal case studies, newspaper articles, journal articles, statutory law, textbook chapters, etc.), and guest speaker presentations to analyze the content of each week\u2019s assigned viewing. While most students have probably already watched the series, it is imperative that they view the show again with an \u201cacademic eye\u201d towards inquiry and analysis to determine fact vs. fiction in comparison to today\u2019s crime problems and drug market economy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">While <em>Breaking Bad<\/em> can\u2019t be presented as \u201creal life\u201d as a documentary series, it is perhaps the best modern-day vignette for demonstrating the link between our current \u201cGet Tough On Crime\u201d drug policy that has spawned the Three-Strikes laws and harsh penalties (including life sentences for drug dealers and kingpins) over the past 20 years. To understand the rampant growth of the drug trade\u2014particularly between Mexico and the United States\u2014and its links to organized crime and white-collar crime, <em>Breaking Bad<\/em> serves as a vehicle by which to demonstrate key concepts of the economics, psychology, victimology, family dynamics, and social realities of crime. Emphasis on the current state of methamphetamine production and addiction in the United States will be the foundation for analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hit TV series\u00a0Breaking Bad\u00a0has been praised for its compelling dramatic storyline about Walter White, a simple math teacher and family man who \u201cbreaks bad\u201d when he discovers he has cancer. 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