Ideology,Socioecon&Pol Crime&Terror (CRJ 517)
Term: 2014-2015 Academic Year Fall
Schedule
Tue, 7:45 PM - 9:55 AM (9/3/2014 - 12/17/2014) Location: MAIN CASEY C009
Description
The role that ideology and socioeconomic factors play in crime and punishment are enormous in American society. This course will analyze how the topic of crime traditionally has been used by politicians seeking public support. The influences that social and economic factors have on criminal behaviors and criminal justice reactions also will be investigated. Additionally, this course will focus on how terrorism is used as an ideological and political pawn, and how this "use" of crime and terrorism is received by the public when these political promises fail. 30 lecture hours per semester.