Gender, Crime and Justice

Catalog description

This course will examine the relationship between gender, crime and the criminal justice system. It will explore the social construction of gender roles and how the constructs of femininity and masculinity shape our ideas regarding crime, victimization and justice. The course will discuss the gender disparities in offending, victimization and criminal processing using sociological theories and empirical research. It will give special consideration to the intersections of race, ethnicity, social class and sexual orientation in understanding how women?s experiences in the criminal justice system differ from men's.