Bulletin - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice - CUNY

Courses Offered
of different theoretical perspectives in economics on urban analysis
and policy are considered.
Prerequisites: ENG 101, and ECO 101 or ECO 170, or permission of
the section instructor
ECO 280 Economics of Labor
3 hours, 3 credits
Problems and issues in labor economics; wages, hours, and working
conditions; trade unionism in the United States; interrelationship of
wages, productivity and employment; labor in relation to business,
government and economic change; economics of social insurance;
collective bargaining and techniques of arbitration; current
conditions.
Prerequisites: ENG 101, and ECO 101, or permission of the
instructor
ECO 315 An Economic Analysis of Crime
(Same course as PSC 315)
3 hours, 3 credits
Crimes with economic motivations are analyzed using the Economic
Theory of Crime. Topics focus on urban problems including
narcotics, illegal gambling, loan-sharking, labor racketeering and
organized crime. Costs of crime and imprisonment are discussed.
Strengths and weaknesses of the Economic Theory of Crime are
discussed from alternative points of view.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, ECO 101 or ECO 170, and
junior standing or above
ECO 324 Money & Banking
3 hours, 3 credits
The course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of decisionmaking
and modeling within financial institutions. We examine
banking operations and the changing forms and functions of money
in the context of risk, capital and business cycles across real (nonfinancial)
and financial sectors. Topics include investment, assetliability
management, portfolio management, take over, mergers &
acquisition, derivatives and option strategy, SEC and Basel II
regulations, micro credit, digital money, credit, securities regulation,
fraud prevention. We look at global movements of money and the
roles of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the World
Trade Organization, and examine how money affects international
politics and justice.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or 201, ECO 220
ECO 360 Corporate and White-Collar Crime
(Same course as SOC 360)
3 hours, 3 credits
In examining crimes committed by corporations and organizations, as
well as individuals in the course of their occupation, this course
explores how such crimes are socially defined, who commits them,
who is victimized by them, which social contexts promote them, and
how society responds to them. The economic, social, and political
costs of corporate and white-collar crime are compared to street
crime. Other topics include embezzlement, fraud, and theft, which
occurs within enterprises, "underground" economic activity; criminal
violation of antitrust and environmental laws, security, fiduciary and
market crimes; and corrupt relationships between business and
government. Members of either the economics or sociology faculties
teach this course with varying emphasis on the above topics.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, junior standing or above, SOC
203, and one course in economics
ECO 405 Seminar in Economics and Crime
3 hours, 3 credits
This course explores the contributions of economics to the
understanding of crime and criminal justice. The perspectives and
quantitative analytical techniques of economics are used to examine
important issues concerning crime and criminal justice. Topics may
include: rational-choice criminology, macroeconomics and crime,
Marxian criminology, economic justice, measuring the costs of
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