CRJU 4440 - Street Crime

3 Credit Hours

Requirements: Cities Perspectives Course.

Description
This is an advanced interdisciplinary course designed to familiarize students with issues surrounding the phenomenon of street crime in America. It covers the problem of street crime from macro and micro perspectives methodologically (quantitative vs. qualitative research) as well as conceptually (sociologically vs. psychologically for example). The course is seminar format and requires students to do a fair amount of reading in order to participate in class discussions. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, violent (robbery, homicide, carjacking) vs. non-violent street crime (drug dealing, drug abuse, prostitution), retaliation and the spread of violence, gangs, subcultures of violence, and offender decision-making. Cities Perspectives Course.