Comparative Criminal Justice

Catalog description

Crime is a global issue that occurs to greater or lesser extents cross-culturally and is responded to in a variety of ways. This course provides students with global perspectives on crime, governance, criminal justice and social control. Through a comprehensive review of cross-national research data, students will examine the features, successes, and failures of various distinct criminal justice systems around the globe and use that information to evaluate the effectiveness of various elements of the United States criminal justice system. The scope of systems studied will be analyzed through a variety of lenses: Political, economic, and socio-cultural. Prerequisite(s): Completion of FGLO Pillar and CRIM 100 Corequisite(s): None *Fulfills Civitae Core PGLO WI