Leaving Crime Behind
Prerequisite: CJC 201.
This course provides students with an examination of desistance from crime and the potential for rehabilitation in the criminal justice system. The course discusses theories of desistance, empirical research on desistance, and the extent to which the criminal justice system contributes to individuals' ability to desist from crime.
Outcomes: Students will be able to: 1) analyze desistance theories; 2) describe crime patterns across the life course; 3) identify individual and community-level factors associated with desistance; and 4) critique rehabilitation approaches grounded in desistance theories.
This course provides students with an examination of desistance from crime and the potential for rehabilitation in the criminal justice system. The course discusses theories of desistance, empirical research on desistance, and the extent to which the criminal justice system contributes to individuals' ability to desist from crime.
Outcomes: Students will be able to: 1) analyze desistance theories; 2) describe crime patterns across the life course; 3) identify individual and community-level factors associated with desistance; and 4) critique rehabilitation approaches grounded in desistance theories.