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Feb 05, 2025
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CJ 248 - Women and Crime
The focus of this course is on women in the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and professionals. Relevant theories (such as a discussion of the feminist criminological perspective), policies, and empirical studies, as well as the historical, socio-political, and cultural forces that gave rise to them will be examined. Topics may include: domestic violence and women who kill, women’s trajectory into crime, runaways, drug use, girl gangs, female police officers, and mothers behind bars. Films, speakers.
Prerequisite: CJ 158
1 semester. 3 credits.
Alternating Fall Semesters.
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