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Spring 2013 | SOC 3102 Section 001: Introduction to Criminal Behavior and Social Control (50623)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 330
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Issues in science of crime as a social phenomenon. Creation/use of laws, patterns/causes of crime.
- Class Description:
- The course will address general theories of criminal behaviour and social control. Students will learn and become familiar with the most relevant theories in understanding and explaining crime. The class will also use a historical perspective starting with the origins of attempts to explain criminal behaviour. Criminological and socio-legal theories of crime will be examined critically, and we will attempt to better understand how the discourse about criminal behaviour and social control changes across space and time. The first part of the course will be mainly devoted to the analysis of theories and their development, while the second part will focus more on some types of criminal behaviours, especially gangs, street crime, violent crime and organized crime. The course will end with a section on recent tendencies in social control (policing, community crime control, prison). The course uses a variety of reading materials (including empirical studies and newspaper articles) and will involve small group discussion of film/video.
- Grading:
- 40% Final Exam
5% Attendance
5% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 50% intermediate exams
- Class Format:
- 70% Lecture
15% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
- Workload:
- 20-25 Pages Reading Per Week Other Workload: 2 intermediate exams, 1 final exam
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50623/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 11 November 2012
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2013 Sociology Classes Taught by Rossella Selmini