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Course title |
Criminology |
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Semester |
110-2 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY |
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Instructor |
KuoRay Mao |
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Curriculum Number |
Soc5024 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
325EU1030 |
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Class |
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Credits |
1.0 |
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Full/Half
Yr. |
Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
第6,7,8,9,10 週
Thursday 7,8,9(14:20~17:20) |
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Remarks |
Restriction: juniors and beyond
The upper limit of the number of students: 30. |
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Ceiba Web Server |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1102Soc5024_ |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
How do people become "criminals?" What social forces and structural conditions shape the formation of criminality? Why are some actions deemed more deserving of punishment and social control than others? In this short-term course, we will examine the sociological distinctions between crime and deviance as well as the causes and consequences of social control. We will explore what we currently know about crime in terms of the social distribution of offenders, victims, and incidents and how explanations in criminology have tried to make sense of these data. In addition, it is a goal to clarify issues relating to crime and criminality and promote the application of course materials and critical thinking towards social issues in general.
Last Drop (退選) Date: March 31, 2022. Last Withdraw (停修) Date: April 21, 2022 |
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Course Objective |
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Define the differences between criminological, sociological, and criminal justice approaches to deviance and social harm;
2. Understand major criminological theories and concepts;
3. Review empirical research and criticism within each respective theoretical approach;
4. Apply key ideas and concepts to explain crime and criminality in social experiences.
5. Relate criminology to relevant sociology, political sciences, and public administration literature.
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Course Requirement |
This course will require students to complete an average of 3 to 5 hours of reading and discussion per class credit hour per week. |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Tue. 16:00~17:00 |
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References |
Cullen, F.T., Agnew, R. and Wilcox, P., 2017. Criminological theory: Past to present: Essential readings (8th ed.) New York: Oxford University Press.
Reiman, J. 2021. The Rich Get Richer, and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice (11th ed.). Needham Heights: Allyn & Bacon.
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Designated reading |
Week 1:
Wetzell, R.F., 2017. New directions in the history of criminology. Crime, histoire & sociétés/Crime, history & societies, 21(2), pp.361-377.
Week 2:
Rocque, M. and Posick, C., 2017. "Paradigm shift or normal science? The future of (biosocial) criminology." Theoretical Criminology, 21(3), pp.288-303.
Posick, C. and Rocque, M., 2018. "Is Crime Nature or Do We Learn it: Control & Cultural Deviance Theories." Great debates in criminology. Routledge. pp.54-73
Week 3:
Kubrin, C.E. and Mioduszewski, M.D., 2019. "Social disorganization theory: Past, present, and future." In Handbook on Crime and Deviance (pp. 197-211). Springer, Cham.
Pih, K.Kh., Hirose, A. & Mao, K. 2010 "Gangs as contractors: the social organization of American Taiwanese youth gangs in Southern California." Trends Organized Crime 13, 115–133 (2010).
Week 4:
Newburn, T. and McLaughlin, E., 2010. "Critical Criminology." The sage handbook of criminological theory. The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory, pp.153-174.
Rothe, D.L., 2020. "Moving beyond abstract typologies? Overview of state and state-corporate crime." Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime, 1(1), pp.7-15.
Week 5
Brisman, A. and South, N., 2019. "Green criminology and environmental crimes and harms." Sociology Compass, 13(1), p.e12650.
White, R., 2018. "Climate change victims" Climate change criminology. Policy Press.
Week 6:
TBA |
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Grading |
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