Overview
Description
Overview of issues related to diversity and multiculturalism in the criminal justice system.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Criminal Justice Major or Law and Justice Specialization
CRJ 104
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
CRJ 104; Criminal Justice Major or Law and Justice Specialization.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Core
CO10
Restrictions
Criminal Justice Major or Law and Justice Specialization
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- summarize historical contexts that shape treatment of various groups in the criminal justice system.
- identify where disparities (e.g., differences in incarceration rates between racial and ethnic groups; differences in treatment in prisons based upon gender; differences in arrest practices based upon sexual orientation) and discrimination occur within the criminal justice system.
- explain why disparities and discrimination occur in the criminal justice system.
- identify how public policies have shaped disparate treatment of groups.
- explain how membership in a specific group can influence employment, education, housing, and other life outcomes.