Crime and Border Security

Catalog description

This course focuses on the impact of globalization on crime and border security. Topics include human, drug, and arms trafficking along the U.S. Mexico border, and other border regions around the world. The role of drug cartels, criminal gangs, and corruption will be addressed. Other serious crime such as fraud, identity theft, and cybercrime will be explored. This course will also review current and past strategies for maintaining border security and limiting the flow of criminal activity into the United States.