Course Offerings

Course Description: This course explores how culture, power, and identity shape systems of international criminal justice worldwide. Students will be introduced to key concepts of culture and examine how they intersect with contemporary conflicts and inequalities within justice systems. We will engage with issues tied to socially and culturally defined identities, including gender, race, ethnicity, caste, religion, and sexuality, as well as questions of rights related to property, place, behavior, and economic justice. Drawing on case studies from multiple continents and countries, the course invites students to critically analyze how justice is experienced, contested, and transformed in diverse contexts. In addition to substantive knowledge, students will develop skills in interpreting and evaluating research, learning a range of methodological and analytical approaches used in the field. The course also emphasizes clear and persuasive communication, helping students strengthen their academic writing and discussions as they engage with complex global issues.

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course explores the role of clearnet and darknet spaces in the commission of transnational crime, the types of criminal markets operating within these spaces, and the specific online spaces where transnational crime occurs. It will analyze the use of clearnet chat rooms, discussion forums, marketplaces, VoIP, instant messaging, social media and other clearnet platforms, as well as darknet marketplaces, discussion forums, social media, and vendor and boutique shops, that facilitate transnational crimes, including cybercrime, environmental crime, intellectual property crime, and various forms of trafficking. The course critically assesses transnational crime research on clearnet and darknet criminal markets to identify emerging criminal networks and new online spaces used to commit different forms of transnational crime. Finally, the course evaluates criminal justice and policy responses to online criminal markets.