CRMJ 325 Vigilantes and Community Crime Prevention

This course focuses on community crime prevention and vigilantism, in America and abroad. The class relies on academic historical, sociological, and criminological research in addition to media depictions of various forms of citizens 'taking the law into their own hands.' Students will learn about a variety of different community crime prevention and vigilante groups, and apply historical, sociological, and criminological theories to explain these movements.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CRMJ 100

Offered

Every year