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Women
& Crime | Williams, LaVerne McQuiller
Course
Description
This course deals with women as criminal offenders and as victims of crime.
Focus will be placed on theories about women in crime, the types of crimes
committed, patterns of criminality, and the treatment of women offenders.
This course will also examine the role of women as law enforcement officers,
judges, lawyers, and correctional officers. Specifically, this course will
analyze special issues related to women in the criminal justice system including,
sexual harassment and policewomen, the criminalization of pregnancy, domestic
violence and the female serial killer.
Course
Objective
>>To provide a historical perspective of women as offenders,
victims, and criminal justice professionals.
>>To investigate the relationship between the changing role of women
in society
and the changing role of women in the criminal justice system.
>>To discuss and analyze the types and patterns of crime engaged
in by women.
>>To discuss and analyze the problems facing women as victims of
crime.
>>To discuss and evaluate the role of women as criminal justice
professionals.
Course
Evaluation
This course will be conducted in a lecture/seminar style and active class
participation is an essential component. Students are responsible for
all assigned readings, handouts, and materials discussed in class. Students
will be evaluated by two examinations, active participation in class,
and the preparation of a professional research paper on a subject of interest
covered in class. The student is also required to complete a 5-7 minute
class presentation based on their paper.
Students missing two out of the ten class sessions without a legitimate
excuse will have their final mark dropped one letter grade; students missing
three class sessions will receive a failing grade for the course.
Caveat
If their is a lack of class discussion, mandatory quizzes will be substituted
for class participation and will be added into the final grade.
Grading
Midterm 25%; Final 30%; Paper 25%; Participation 10%; Presentation 10%.
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