Sociology 344 - Gender And Crime

Fall
2019
01
3.00
Ragini Malhotra
M W 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
35274
Dickinson Hall room 114
rmalhotra@soc.umass.edu
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
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.