SOC 235 - Gangs

3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Gangs provides an in-depth study of the youth gang problem in America. It assesses the causes, consequences, and the social and legal reactions to youth gangs. Gangs also includes the study of youth gang violence, female gangs, race and gangs, classical and contemporary theories of youth gangs, drugs and gangs, youth gangs in historical perspective and youth gangs in other societies, youth gang interventions, and the future of youth gangs.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology, CRJ 100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice, SOC 240 - Criminology, or SOC 230 - Juvenile Delinquency.