The nature and problems of organized crime, its causes and effects, comparative and historic roots, and activities, organization, and economics. Considers possible solutions and the scope of techniques used in combatting organized crime. An overview of terrorism and why it has become so popular. Topics include the role of news media, political consequences of terrorism, the military as a resource, and the role of the hostage. The fundamentals of criminal trial procedure and the rules of evidence as they apply to the trial of a criminal case.
Students read and brief criminal court cases.
CJ 4108 and CJ 4109 . Examines ways in which criminology, the criminal justice system, and the law contribute to the social construction of gender. Investigates cultural assumptions about female deviance, discourses on female crime, the criminal justice system, and legal assumptions about the meaning of equality. CJ 4101, CJ 4103, and CJ 4114. Examines the problems of crime and its control from a comparative prospective.