CJS 345 - Gangs and Organized Crime

Semester Hours: 4

This course provides students the opportunity to study one of the most impactful areas of criminal justice today - Gangs & Organized Crime. Students will examine some of the major theoretical perspectives within the area and will review a number of critical areas of study. This will include an examination of national and international concerns around from youth gangs, to prison gangs, and organized criminal groups. As such the course is multi- disciplinary, borrowing much from the related social science disciplines such as Sociology, Social Policy, and Psychology.

Prerequisite: CJS 101
When Offered: Alternating years