SOC 461: Gender, Crime, & Justice

Course Description

The course explores how gender impacts peoples' experiences with the criminal justice system. Contemporary theories of gender and organizational theory are used to examine the ways the criminal justice system reflects and reproduces gender inequalities. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: gendered experiences of offending and victimization, law enforcement and policing, prosecution and sentencing, and prison and reentry, as well as how gender influences experiences of those who work in the criminal justice system (e.g. police, corrections officers, lawyers). Students cannot receive credit for both CRJ/SOC/WGST 461and CRJ/SOC/WGST 561. (AY).