Criminal Justice-coas | Urban Crime Patterns P417 | 9758 | Leon
Pettiway The purpose of this course is to provide students with
an overview of the research devoted to crime in urban areas. The
course center on the arrangement and structure of urban places,
the impact of social, economic and demographic characteristics
on crime production, consequences of urban growth and decline on
crime rates, the impact of urban spatial structure and the
effect of spatial structure on crime and criminals, the
prevention of crime through environmental design, and the
importance of situational crime prevention strategies. Some
issues that will be covered in this course include: 1. The role
that segregation of the population (along income, age, and race
lines) plays in affecting the behavior of criminals and non-
criminals in space. 2. The significance of differentials in
racial composition, age, sex, and income on the incidence of
crime in urban areas. 3. The distribution and the selection of
targets of opportunity by offender