- Criminology

Catalog description

Explores the social construction of crime, past and present classifications, and societal reactions to criminal behavior. Theories attempting to explain criminal behavior and critical analysis of the influences of race, gender, social class, and political forces influencing policing, courts, and corrections in the U.S. will be examined. The effects of mass incarceration on communities, racial profiling, use of force, and current efforts of prevention, diversion, rehabilitation, and reentry of the formerly incarcerated will be analyzed.