SOC 3420 - White Collar Crime

Credits: 4
This course will explore the causes, consequences, and criminal justice system response to white-collar crime; explore why crimes committed by corporations or the elite are handled differently than crimes committed by marginalized groups; and the unequal standards in criminalization and punishment. The course will focus the impact of white-collar crime on marginalized populations in the US. It will thus examine how corporate misdeeds, political corruption and occupational illegalities and deviance disproportionately impact subordinated and marginalized groups thereby perpetuating social inequality.
Prerequisites SOC-1103 or SOC-1104
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural