CJ 3850 - Immigration and Crime

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Criminal Justice

Description:

This course broadly addresses the issues of race, immigration, and citizenship. This course also seeks to explore immigrant encounters with the criminal justice system and provides a historical context to current issues over immigration reform. This course will highlight thematic weeks that will discuss current research and debates related to that topic. This class bridges the race, immigration, criminology, and legal studies literature to highlight the lack of research focused on this particular group in relation to other racialized groups. This class will also discuss several different ethnic groups and their migration history to the U.S. as well as the criminalization of their behaviors. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze the relationship between immigration and crime. 2. Apply such knowledge to real-life experiences and occurrences. 3. Demonstrate advanced critical thinking skills. 4. Produce written and verbal communication that demonstrates continuous skill improvement. Prerequisites: CJ 3270 (Grade C- or higher or can be concurrently enrolled).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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