Overview of the history and theory of victimology. Analysis of victimization patterns with special emphasis on types of victims and crimes. The interaction between victims of crime and the criminal justice system with respect to the role of the victim and the services offered to the victim.

This course is designed to introduce students to very recent, complex issues in criminal law.

This seminar exams the intersections of race, class, and gender inequality in urban crime and violence. Using a sociological lens, the course interrogates how "urban crime" itself is socially constructed and racialized, and how this framing shapes public perception, policy, and lived experience. 

Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice; Crime and Place

The structuring of manpower, material, and systems to accomplish the major goals of social control. Personnel and systems management. Political controls and limitations on authority and jurisdiction.