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Course Description
This course offers a comprehensive examination of criminal justice with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago. Participants will explore the definition and historical perspectives of criminal justice, including its administration in the region.
The course covers various criminological theories and methods for defining and measuring crime, considering the influence of politics, media representation, and demographic factors such as gender, race, and age. Additionally, the course addresses the intersections of crime, power, and social inequalities, providing a critical understanding of how crime and justice are shaped by broader societal forces.
Key concepts covered include:
- Definition, historical perspectives, administration of Criminal Justice in T & T
- Criminological theories
- Crime Defining & measuring crime- the politics of crime, the media representation of crime, gender race, age
- Crime, power & inequalities