Crime and Literature CRIM 384 (3)

Questions of crime and criminal justice in novels and other forms of fiction are explored. Includes a critical discussion about crime plots, their social settings and outcomes, the psychology and sociology of criminal characters and their victims, and whether justice was achieved or denied in the course of the plot. Writing intensive. Students with credit for CRIM 416 or 417 or 418 as Crime and Literature, or ENGL 384 may not take this course for further credit.