CRMN 2031U – Rethinking Justice: Alternative Approaches

Western criminal jurisprudence has been critiqued as ignoring the needs of victims, emphasizing retributive at the expense of rehabilitative goals and creating an economic burden through increasingly punitive sentencing patterns. This course offers a critical examination of alternative interventions in conflict and crime. Students will evaluate methods of intervention such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration, debriefing, crisis/conflict management and group process facilitation, and their potential for addressing social problems marked by human conflict, oppression, power and harm, e.g., partner abuse, hate crimes.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): CRMN 1000U
Credit restriction(s): SSCI 2031U, SSCI 4031U
Experiential learning: Yes