SOCI 352 - Urban Crime

Institution:

Bridgewater State University

Subject:

Sociology

Description:

Prerequisite: SOCI 102 and SOCI 290; or CRJU 201;or consent of instructor This course examines urban and neighborhood crime. In addition to surveying theories of urban crime, disorder and unrest, it examines responses to urban crime, including community policing, order maintenance policing, crime prevention through environmental design and programs to ameliorate the deeper causes of crime. The course examines the effects of inequality, racial and ethnic discrimination, substance abuse and gun violence on urban crime. Another topic covered is the drop in urban crime rates during the 1990s. Offered alternate years.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bridgew.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 531-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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