CRJU 402 - Crime and Inequality

(3 units)

Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in CRJU 101, CRJU 110, and CRJU 304. CRJU majors only. Upper division standing.
Explores variability in the perpetration, apprehension, prosecution, and punishment of crime, as well as criminal victimization, by race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Focuses on patterns of over-representation and critically evaluates the major explanations for this phenomenon.

Both grading options.