Course Description

CT223 Crime in Context 0.5

This course is designed to introduce students to topics and issues that arise when one considers crime and criminal justice in a contemporary context. Topics may include the definition of crime; the creation of criminal justice policy in our own and other societies; the interpretation of the Criminal Code; the court system; public views of crime; aboriginal perspectives on crime; prisons; gender; young offenders; policing; corrections; debates about forensic evidence; victimology.

Prerequisite: Two 100 level CT courses.

Official electronic version updated at 4:25 p.m. December 18, 2003

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