SOC 504 International Crime and its Control
While most criminal justice academics, professionals, and researchers focus on problems related to domestic criminality, another type of serious criminality occurs at the international level. "International crimes" are violations of international criminal law, while " transnational crimes" refer to violations of the laws of more than one country. This course covers both types of law violations and seeks to familiarize the student with the distinct types of causation, victimization, and control problems the global community faces as nation states become increasingly interdependent. The course will involve students' development of independent research in these areas. Current social, economic, political and technological developments bring about a change in the meaning and function of national borders. Because the construction of policies against international and transnational crime requires a wide vision and scope, this course brings together analyses from several disciplines, such as criminology, history, and political science. Nine specific crimes will be explored: aggression, arms trafficking, art theft and the theft of cultural property, drug trafficking, environmental crime, genocide, money laundering, slavery and terrorism.