WST 217(B) - Women, Crime, and Justice

Credit(s): 3
MassTransfer Block Code: Social Sciences
General Education Outcome Designation Code: KOD
An examination of the factors which shape the experiences of women as victims, offenders, and criminal justice practitioners. This course will focus on the pathways to crime among female offenders, the nature of victimization among women, and the challenges that women professionals face. Finally, we will focus on the social construction of gender within the justice system and on the intersection of gender, race, class, and crime. Same as CRJ 217

Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 or SOC 110

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