Gang Crime in Scandinavia
Fall & Spring
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
Criminology/Criminal Justice,
Public Policy,
and
Sociology
Even in relatively peaceful Denmark there is gang crime. The country has seen gang wars and rivalry between leading groups, such as Hells Angels, Bandidos and various immigrant outfits fighting over the drug and sex markets. This course focuses on reasons why gang crimes exists, ways to prevent it from emerging or spreading, and how to deal with existing gang activity.
Field Studies
- Danish Open Prison
- You will take a tour of an open prison – the kind of facility that most prisoners go to in Denmark. A prison guard will take you through the prison and you will talk to her / him and a current prisoner.
- Cafe Exit
- This field study starts with a walk through the Vesterbro neighborhood in Copenhagen. While having a coffee at Café Exit - a project and coffee shop working to help prisoners and ex-prisoners become reintegrated into the Danish society - you will learn about the challenges and triumphs that an ex-prisoner faces upon entering society again.
Instructors
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Anne Okkels Birk
Diploma in Criminology (University of Copenhagen, 2007). Cand.scient.pol. (Political Science, University of Aarhus, 1997). Head of Section, Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, 1997-2000. Chief Advisor/Head of Section, Danish Prison and Probation Service, 2001-2006. Independent consultant since January 2007. With DIS since 2008.
