Soc Sci & Amer. Crime Problem

Catalog description

This course provides students with a broad theoretical and empirical overview of the American crime problem. The course is designed to explore the problem of crime in the United States from a social science perspective to develop a survey understanding of how the patterned influence of social institutions (family, government, schools), subcultures and the social psychology of everyday life come together to shape how society defines, organizes and responds to crime.