Sports and Crime

Catalog description

This course will offer students the opportunity to critically review, analyze, and evaluate the realm of sports (broadly defined) from a criminological perspective. This course is specifically designed to explore crime, controversy, and conflict in the realm of sports in our society. Students will critically examine the role of crime and sports, including NCAA violation, cheating, criminal athletes, sports organizational crime, and gambling. Students should attain an in-depth and critical understanding of the various economic, individual, societal, and organizational harms that occur at the intersection of sports and crime.