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SOCY 389 Gender and Crime Units: 3.00
This course examines gender differences in offending, victimization, and criminal justice processing. The course starts by critically examining the extent and distribution of crime. Next, we study the sociological explanations of gender differences in criminal behavior. We explore gang-related crime, domestic violence, homicide and femicide, criminal harassment, sexual assault, human trafficking, and prostitution. Finally, this course investigates gender in relation to courts and sentencing, incarceration, community corrections, and pathways out of crime.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite SOCY 275/3.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply the conceptual tools of key sociological theories to selected case studies and empirical research studies.
- Critically evaluate concrete policy responses to crime with attention to the gendered variations in criminal offending and victimization.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key sociological theories of gender differences in the nature and occurrence of crime.
- Describe how crime is currently measured and the extent and distribution of criminal behavior according to these measures.
- Identify gender variations across various forms of data.