This course covers introductory concepts of deviance, crime, punishment and justice. It also covers African perceptions of ‘crime’ and the control of crime: Cultural variations in the perception of crime and punishment. Physical and Psychic characteristics or attributes to crime: Natural history of the criminal. Students cover criminal law and treatment of offenders and criminal investigative processes as well as ICT and crime. Criminal justice processes, institutions, social change, and impact on crime and dispensation of justice. (This course is similar to Criminology. see synopsis under criminology above)
