Women and the Criminal Justice System

[1.00] credits · Undergraduate

This course will critically examine selective issues related to the way women (including young women) as offenders, victims/survivors, and practitioners/professionals in the criminal justice system are theorized, researched, represented in media and attended to in policy and practice. Students will consider the role of age, race, class, gender, abilities, sexualities and the media in the shaping of public opinion and public policy about women and crime.