Current Feminist Research in Criminal Justice . The course provides a feminist analysis of the way women and gender traditionally have been studied in mainstream criminal justice. A minimum of one-third of the course is devoted to a feminist critique of conventional conceptual and methodological approaches to gender relations in the social sciences. Feminist epistemological challenges are used to evaluate current research on selected topics reflecting the specialization and research interest of the faulty who teach the course. A study of the major issues in law enforcement agencies, personnel and strategies.
Topics focus on the impact of social control on the officers and society.
Criminal Justice and the Law . A study of law and its interpretation as it affects the criminal justice system. Includes such issues as the substance of criminal law and the criminal court setting as a social system. A study of society's response to crime through its use of institutional and noninstitutional corrections. Topics include inmate culture, correction officer behavior and community corrections programs.