CJ 1050 - COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to a global, comparative approach to the study of common law and civil law criminal justice systems and their respective legal traditions (Westernized, Islamic, ancient, socialist, public, private, constitutional, etc.). The course surveys global criminal issues such as the spread of transnational crimes like human, weapon and drug trafficking, terrorism, corporate fraud, war crimes violations and global organized crime. The course examines the organic criminal justice problems various nations face (politically, economically, religiously, socially, historically and geographically) in processing crime, as well as how these same nations respond differentially to problems shared around the globe.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020

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