CRIME, TERROR & THE ENVIRONMENT

PREREQUISITE: ENGL1012 OR ENGL1012H
This course, through the integration of the disciplines of criminal justice, national security studies, history, political science, and environmental studies will examine the concept of globalization by focusing on its key components. Elements such as technology, trade, financial networks, reduction of the power of national governments, and the creation and opening of new markets will be explored by looking at their effect on the individual and the community. The course will demonstrate how the global influences on individuals and communities affect both legitimate and illegitimate institutions and organizations. The ultimate focus will be on the increasing power and danger of global crime and terror organizations and how they operate. An appreciation of their everyday social and economic effects on individuals and communities will be developed through case studies of selected deviant organizations. The topics of differing criminal justice and political systems; environmental crime and terrorism; the increasing power of fundamentalist religious groups and their influence on terrorism; and international sharing of information will be presented and problems and solutions will be explored. (GLBL)