Post-conviction facets of the criminal justice system are examined in detail. Special emphasis is placed upon the law that governs the relationships of inmates, police, courts, and correctional staff during the institutionalization of the offender. The constitutional rights of both inmates and correctional staff are stressed. The spatial variation of crime is analyzed at three levels. Cultural variables are used to explain crime in regions of the United States within which the cities are located.
Economic base is used to explain variation in crime between cities.
Finally, housing and income segregation are used to explain the spatial variation of crime within a city. Much of the course focuses on Philadelphia. Nature of Crime or permission of instructor. Analysis of definitional issues and methodological problems in the study of organized crime. Study of a variety of organized criminal activities on the local, national and international level.