Criminal Justice in the US and Scandinavia

The study abroad program, Comparative Criminal Justice Studies, will be in Copenhagen, starting spring 2025. We will focus primarily on comparing criminal justice systems in the United States and Scandinavia.  Through three courses, students will learn about extreme differences in approaches to criminal justice.  Professor Scott will teach a course on the US system, known to incarcerate more of our citizens and racial minorities than any other country, in one of the most harsh and punitive systems in the world.

Going back home after 6 months in Norwich

Group of people enjoying a picnic on a sunny day in a park.

Upon returning to the United States after spending 6 months in Norwich, England, I found myself to be quite tired. Obviously jet lag catches up with you, and all of the traveling, but I spent much of my summer relaxing. I found I had a lot of things I missed about living in Oregon, the nature, and certain places that I always go to with my family. I found it to be easier to return home, in the sense that I wasn’t nervous to meet people; but also difficult because I was leaving the people I met in England, and that was for a more indefinite amount of time.

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A Chance to Experience the Korean 빨리 빨리 Life

A girl in North Korea

What a ride, the life of an individual who lives in South Korea is very intense. As a Latina and an Americana I am astonished at the type of lifestyle you live in this country, it is so hard and admirable. My time abroad has been full of lessons and experiences that I am so grateful to be learning. South Korea is, I would say 90% how I expected it to be before arriving, and the opportunity to come and sit among locals, walk through their day to day streets and shop at their favorite places is something amazing to be able to experience.

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Arriving in South Korea

A city girl day

Hola! Hello! Bonjour! 아녕아세요!! My name is Julia Jazmin Hernandez-Espinoza and I am Latina-Americana. A born and raised Oregonian but definitely not a natural hiker! Currently at the University of Oregon, I am in my fourth year and this fall term I am studying abroad at Korea University which is a beloved private college in South Korea. Exploring life outside of a small city and being a study abroad student has been a life-long dream that I constantly carried within my goals.

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