AP/CRIM 3663 3.00

Gender and Crime

Prerequisites: AP/SOSC 1650 6.00 or AP/CRIM 1650 6.00 with a grade of at least B.

This course examines the relationship between gender, crime, and the criminal justice system. Drawing on feminist interdisciplinary scholarship, the course engages with the intersections between gender, race, class and sexuality to critically assess the ways these affect agents of criminal justice and the broader patterns of offending, victimization, and imprisonment. Particular emphasis is placed on the links between inequality and criminalization, and the treatment of women inside and outside the criminal justice system. Topics include media representations of women and crime, violence, sex work, drugs, prison, and criminal justice reform. Students are expected to have a familiarity with the workings of the criminal justice system.