Overview
Description
Comprehensive interdisciplinary examination of theories of criminal etiology from neurological, biochemical, genetic, psychological, psychiatric, social, economic and political perspectives.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify the primary criminal justice theories used to control adult criminality.
- articulate the impact specific historical eras had on the creation of the criminological theories of that same period.
- describe the strengths and weakness of each of the theories of criminality presented over the course of the class.
- apply each of the main criminological theories to a specific crime problem.
- articulate the process by which older theories are displaced by newer theories, how paradigms shift, and the factors which contribute to these shifts.
- formulate research ideas and plans on assigned topics in the course and complete an advanced research proposal, project, or series of shorter assignments.