SSCI 5200G - Graduate Seminar in Inequality and Crime

The main objective of this course is to provide an in-depth, critical overview of several new directions in criminological theory and research in the areas of inequality and crime. Students explore the interplay of race/ethnicity, social class and gender in relation to crime and its control and are challenged to critically evaluate some of the major explanations offered for these relationships. Special attention is devoted to left realist and feminist contributions to a sociological understanding of North American inner-city crime and to sociological work on the relationship between masculinities and crime in various social settings.
Credit hours: 3