Gender and Crime

3 units

This interdisciplinary course focuses on topics of gender and crime analyzed through multiple feminist perspectives. Particular attention will be given to the sexed and gendered dynamics of crime and victimization, and how these dynamics interact with race and class as well. Topics include intimate partner violence, prostitution, gangs, prisons, juvenile justice, hate crimes, property crime, public order crime, organized crime, homicide, rape, sex trafficking, and drugs