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Aug 31, 2024
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CRJ 450 - Women in Criminal Justice Units: 3 Analysis of women/girls and crime. Examines how gender impacts pathways into the criminal justice system, types of offending, victimization, and women/girls’ experience of incarceration. The role of female and male criminal justice professional in interfacing with women/girls.
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid or Online Asynchronous. Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice). Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to: - Analyze the nature and extent of female offending form a feminist theoretical perspective;
- Understand the key differences between male and female offending patterns;
- Describe the social and legislative trends leading to the unprecedented rise in women’s/girls’ incarceration;
- Examine racial differentials among female offenders in the criminal justice system;
- Examine historical approaches to female offending from a feminist theoretical perspective including recent reforms and “gendered responsive” strategies.
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