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Apr 19, 2024
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2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CJ 350 Communities and Crime
Why do some communities have so much more crime than others? What social conditions increase crime and violence in some neighborhoods while others are relatively free from such problems? What roles do race, class, and gender inequality play with respect to differences in crime? How do criminal justice institutions (such as the police and prisons) help or hinder the crime problems faced by local communities? This course addresses these and other related questions to examine the ways in which crime and violence are connected with various aspects of the communities within which they take place. This course will examine ecological theories, structural theories, and theories of disorder to explain differences in crime rates between communities. Finally, this course asks students to seek out solutions to improving community structures and relationships.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: CJ 160 is recommended
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