CJ 212 - Women and the Criminal Justice System

Credits: 3
This course provides a comprehensive and unique view into the world of women interacting with the criminal justice system. The course explores three key issues as they related to women dealings with the criminal justice system: the female offender, the female crime victim, and the female employee or administrator. The course will approach these issues from a historical and contemporary context. It will examines specific types of criminality and victimization common to women as well as opportunities for women to participate in the administration of the criminal justice system as employees. The course will also address the relationships between female criminality, victimization, and employment and broader social, political, and economic definitions of female deviance and conformity.

Prerequisite(s): No Prerequisite.
Offered: F; S; M.

Academic Catalog

CJ 212 - Women and the Criminal Justice System