COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will present an overview of the concepts, themes, and issues encountered in the discipline of criminology (or the study of crime). The course explains the basic concepts of criminology such as crime, deviance, rehabilitation, and the victim, as well as looking more in-depth at critical theories of race, gender, and class. We will examine the development of criminology through classical and modern theories. The relationships between theory and practice are also examined. In particular the course provides a critical analysis of the over-representation of Indigenous Peoples in the criminal justice system.