SOC2087 — Criminology and Criminal Behavior
SOC 2087 - Criminology and Criminal Behavior SOC 2087 - Criminology and Criminal Behavior Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Course Description: Why do people break the law, and how do societies respond to criminal behavior? This course presents sociological understandings of criminally deviant behavior. Topics include theories of crime, trends in criminal behavior, and methods of criminological investigation. U.S. and international public policy implications are considered. The global focus of this course draws from cross-cultural, transnational, and international examples, such as the drug trade, human trafficking, or terrorism. This course meets the requirements for Elective A: Organizations and Institutions for the MN State Sociology Transfer Pathway AA. MnTC Goals 5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective Review programs and policies within the criminal justice system. Apply comparative methodology to study concepts of crime and criminal justice policy internationally. Examine assumptions, philosophies, and major concepts in criminological and sociological theories relating to crime and criminal behavior. Demonstrate awareness of ethical issues for global criminal justice research. Analyze the relationship between social policy and social behavior cross-culturally. Apply critical thinking using cross-national analyses of the international nature of crime. Evaluate historical changes in crime trends. Sociological Perspective: articulate the processes by which soc
Prerequisites: ENGL1020, ENGL1021