SS 227 - Gangs: Theory, Pract and Suppresion

Credit Hour(s): 3
Contact Hours: (3, 0)

This course examines the socio-demographic correlates of gang formation throughout history involving race, class, and gender. There is also a concentrated emphasis on the social impact of contemporary gang membership in the United States. Topics to be covered include gang history, gang organization, social structures and systems which play in the creation and perpetuation of dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity, and the contribution of gangs to social problems and effective interventions to gang-related problems.