CRIM 102 Criminology
This course introduces students to the basic theories, fundamental facts, and problems associated with the science of criminology, while providing a systematic basis for the study of criminals and criminal behavior as it relates to the criminal justice system in America.
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- Compare and contrast the theories of "crime causation" and assess them from the biological, psychological, sociological, and political perspectives of criminal behavior.
- Compare and contrast the social, political, and economic components of the criminal justice system.
- Analyze the sociological concepts of deviance and crime.
- Describe the critical factors and rationales of criminal behavior and relate them to the concepts of crime and criminality.
- Explain why studying crime and criminal behavior is socially important.
- Analyze contemporary criminological thought and evaluate bias in the formation of classical criminological theory.
- Describe the social forces which combine to produce law and societal response to deviance.
Course Objectives
- Compare and contrast the theories of "crime causation" and assess them from the biological, psychological, sociological, and political perspectives of criminal behavior.
This objective is a course Goal Only
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- Compare and contrast the social, political, and economic components of the criminal justice system.
This objective is a course Goal Only
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Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Assignment rubric
- Analyze the sociological concepts of deviance and crime.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Assignment rubric
- Describe the critical factors and rationales of criminal behavior and relate them to the concepts of crime and criminality.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Assignment rubric
- Explain why studying crime and criminal behavior is socially important.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Assignment rubric
- Analyze contemporary criminological thought and evaluate bias in the formation of classical criminological theory.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Assignment rubric
- Describe the social forces which combine to produce law and societal response to deviance.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Assignment rubric