HIS 320
Crime & Pun In Us · 3 credits · Spring 2027
Requirements
Prerequsite: ENG 201 Open only to Incoming Transfer Students entering at Upper Sophomore standing or higher.
About this course
Ways in which Americans have defined crime, explained its causes, and punished and rehabilitated criminals. The relationships among crime, social values, and social structure. Areas of emphasis include colonial Massachusetts and Virginia; the creation of police forces and prisons during the first half of the 19th century; criminality during the Gilded Age and Progressive Period; Prohibition; creation of the FBI; crime and the Great Depression; and some aspects of crime and punishment between 1950 and 1970.
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