Sociology 344 - Gender And Crime
Fall
2012
01
3.00
Sonny Nordmarken
TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
60827
The extent and causes of gender differences in crime, from the "streets" to the "suites." Topics include problems in the general measurement of crime, historical and cross-cultural differences in the gender gap, the utility of general theories of the causes of crime in explaining the continuing gender gap, and a detailed look at the question and magnitude of gender discrimination in the American criminal justice system.
Pre Req: 100 or 200 lvl SOCIOL