ETHNC 5663 - Social Inequality, Crime, Criminal Justice & the Law

This course provides an in-depth look at various manifestations of social inequality and their impact on crime, criminal justice, and the law. Intersectional effects of race, class, and gender inequality on crime, its control, and its adjudication is the focus of the course, however, there will be some opportunity for examination of other individual and structural factors. Critical theoretical perspectives that promote social justice as a societal goal, is the primary analytical focus.