CCJ 5692: Women and Crime
Course Description for Women and Crime
CCJ5692:
Women and Crime
3
Prerequisite: CJL 4310
This course focuses on an analysis of the roles and experiences of women as victims, criminal offenders, prisoners, and professional in relationship to the criminal justice system. Particular emphasis is placed on the gendered nature of crime and social control. Questions regarding the validity of criminological theory to explaining women's involvement in crime are also discussed