Criminology and the Geography of Crime

Catalog description

This course is designed to give students a deeper understanding of criminal behavior and the interactions between human beings and the environment as it relates to unlawful behavior. Topics include discussions relating to basic criminological theories as well as the geography of crime, defensible space theory, broken windows theory and routine activities theory, among others. This class is also taught as GEOG270 . Students may receive credit as either CJA270 or GEOG270 , but not both.