CR 3200 - Crime,Media and Culture

Institution:

SUNY College at Old Westbury

Subject:

Criminology

Description:

This course explores the ways that media and cultural processes socially construct crime in modern society. Drawing on the latest theories of culture and crime, students will investigate the relationships among mass media, individual agency, actual crime and criminal justice. Emphasis will be on crime news, popular representations of crime, contemporary media portrayals of different types of crime and their interactions with racial, ethnic, class and gender stereotypes. Offered every year. Prerequisite: ECII.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.oldwestbury.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 876-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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