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SOCY 389 Gender, Law, and Crime Units: 3.00
Investigation of gender differences in offending, victimization and criminal justice processing; Canadian research emphasized.
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.