History of Crime & Criminal Justice

Catalog description

This course will discuss and examine crime and criminal justice in the United States through a historical perspective. Students will evaluate crime and criminal justice in the United States in a variety of historical periods, including the Colonial period, the Jacksonian era, the Civil War era, the Gilded Age, the Progressive era, and the Crisis era. The focus of this course will be to discuss crime and criminal justice in the United States during these periods to better understand the eras in which they were created and for what purpose.