PLSC 24902 /40702 - Theories of Criminalization:Vice,Harm,and Morality

Institution:

University of Chicago

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Description:

This course focuses on the history and policy shifts in six areas usually regarded as "vice crimes": drugs, disapproved sexual behavior, gambling, pornography, prostitution, and alcohol. Over the past half century, huge changes in law and law enforcement practices have been common in this area, and not all in the same direction. Decriminalization is common for gambling and pornography, but a huge war on drugs increased the prison population from drug crime ten-fold in the United States during the last generation. Why What is likely to happen next Are there differences of principle or only of politics informing radically different recent events and transnational variations B. Harcourt. Winter. (B)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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