West Mesa High – Crime & Punishment

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

The Crime and Punishment course is designed to address some of the most important issues in societies, past and present. It will look at how we try to understand and deter crime, punish criminals, and rehabilitate them. The course highlights careers in criminology, the debate surrounding capital punishment, the life of a prison inmate, the trial and jury system, famous criminals and crime, and finally, explores the individual’s sense of good and evil. The students will conclude the course with reflections of their compiled studies through a project that requires them to go public with their findings