Intro to Crime

Catalog description

<b><font color="7A0018">Begins Fall 2026. Formerly SOC-06.</b></font><br> Sociological analysis of crime, criminal behavior, and the criminal justice system. Explores the history and social construction of crime and criminality and examines the definition of crime and its vilations as well as the laws and methods used to control criminal behavior. Discuss measurement of crime and basic theoretical explanations of criminal behavior.