CJ 101 — Intro to Criminology
This course is designed as an introduction to the study of crime and criminal behavior. One segment covers concepts of crime and criminology, the nature and extent of crime, and victims and victimization. A second segment covers theories of crime causation, including choice and trait theories, social structure, social process, and social conflict theories, and developmental theories. A third segment covers crime typologies, including violent crimes, property crimes, enterprise crimes (white-collar, organized, and cyber crimes), and public order crimes. The final segment looks at the criminal justice system, including various functions of the system as well as different models applied to the field. Available online only