2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin

LLS 232 Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the Caribbean

3 hours 

This course will examine crime in the Caribbean, with a particular focus on the differences and similarities among the Spanish-,English-, and Dutch-speaking nations of the Caribbean region. The course will study the trends and crime in the Caribbean from a comparative perspective, and the methods employed by various individual nations to help diminish crime and delinquency. The specific topics to be studied include political crime and offenses, political corruption, drug dealing and trafficking, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence and sexual assault in the Caribbean. This course can be taken to satisfy requirements for the International Criminal Justice major.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

AFR 232

Prerequisite

ENG 101