Women and the Criminal Justice System ((3))

Catalog description

This course considers the experience of women in their dealings with the Criminal Justice system from three perspectives: that of the female offender, the female crime victim, and the female employee or administrator. The course will approach these perspectives from both historical and contemporary contexts. The course examines specific types of criminality and victimization common to women as well as opportunities for women to participate in the administration of the Criminal Justice system as employees. The relationships between female criminality, victimization, and employment and broader social, political, and economic definitions of female deviance and conformity are addressed as well. Prerequisites: At least 60 units and completion of lower division Area 4.