CJ 4875 - Immigration and the American Criminal Justice System

3 unit(s)

Upper-division seminar looks at the historical and contemporary contexts of immigration, immigration control, and research as to criminal offending and criminal victimization among immigrants via civil and criminal statutes, denial of entry, detentions, and deportations. The course will also look at the empirical research on criminal offending and criminal victimization among immigrants. May be repeated once for credit.

Prerequisites: CJ 2250 and CJ 2280, or consent of instructor.

Course Learning Outcomes List
Students will be able to: 1. To comprehend and appreciate how immigrants have contributed to the socio-political-economic development of the United States since colonial times; 2. To become knowledgeable about historical and contemporary efforts to regulate immigration at the local, state, and federal levels (e.g., Fugitive Slave Law; 1965 Immigration Act; influx controls; deportation statutes; immigration detention centers; “Secure Communities”); and 3. To analyze the relationships between immigrants as criminal offenders and as criminal victims.

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