LAW435 Criminology
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Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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LAW435 | Criminology | 3 | 0 | 5 | Mon 09:00-10:50 Wednesday 10:00-10:50 | |||||
Prerequisite | None | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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Lecturer | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Currently not available |
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Assistant | Assistant E-mail | ekazic@ius.edu.ba | ||||||||
Course Objectives | Aim of this course is to introduce students to key concepts of Criminology as scientific discipline and their role in combating crime. Ultimate goal is to train students for jobs of detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses, the assessment of personality of crime perpetrator and punishments for the perpetrators of crimes. | |||||||||
Textbook | Mandatory: Adler F., Meuller G., Laufer W., Grekul J. (2009) Criminology. CDN Edition Additional: Petrović, B. And Meško, G. (2004) Kriminologija. Sarajevo: University of Sarajevo | |||||||||
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Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
Teaching Methods | Class discussions with examples. Active sessions for engaged learning and continuous feedback on progress. Individual assigments | |||||||||
Teaching Method Delivery | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | |||||||||
WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
Week 1 | Crime and Criminology (basic concepts of crime and criminology); Evolution of Criminology. | Adler et al., Chapter 1 | ||||||||
Week 2 | Main scholar basis of Criminology (Classic school of Criminology, Anthropologic school of Criminology, Positivizm school of Criminology, Sociological schools of Criminology, New Criminology concepts. | Adler et al., Chapter 3 | ||||||||
Week 3 | Main theories of etiology of crime: Biological theories of crime. | Adler et al., Chapter 4 (pp. 92-100) | ||||||||
Week 4 | Main theories of etiology of crime: Psychological theories of crime. | Adler et al., Chapter 4 (pp. 81-92) | ||||||||
Week 5 | Quizz. Main theories of etiology of crime: Sociological theories of crime. | Adler et. al., Chapter 5 (pp. 109-119) and Chapter 7 | ||||||||
Week 6 | Main theories: Cultural Deviances Theories | Adler et al., Chapter 5 (pp. 119-127) | ||||||||
Week 7 | Main theories: Social Control Theories. | Adler et al., Chapter 7 | ||||||||
Week 8 | MIDTERM EXAM | |||||||||
Week 9 | Main theories of etiology of crime: alternative views. | Adler et al., Chapter 8 | ||||||||
Week 10 | Measurement of offending behavior and fear of crime. | Adler et al., Chapter 2 | ||||||||
Week 11 | Criminal phenomenology: selected crimes. | Adler et al., Chapter 10 (pp. 226-235, 239-243, 244-248) | ||||||||
Week 12 | Criminal phenomenology: selected crimes. | Adler et al., Chapter 11 and 12 (pp. 269-271, 284-294, 299-303) | ||||||||
Week 13 | Criminal phenomenology: selected crimes. | Adler et al., Chapter 13. | ||||||||
Week 14 | Movie criticism. | |||||||||
Week 15 | Review |
Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
Final Exam | 1 | 35 | 1-5 | |
Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
Attendance | 15 | 5 | ||
Midterm exam | 1 | 20 | 1-5 | |
Quizz | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
Term project | 1 | 15 | 6 | |
Oral exam | 1 | 20 | 1-6 | |
*** ECTS Credit Calculation *** |
Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
Lecture hours | 3 | 15 | 45 | Assignments | 8 | 2 | 16 | |||
Quizz | 12 | 1 | 12 | In-term exam study | 12 | 1 | 12 | |||
Final exam study | 20 | 1 | 20 | Term project/presentation | 6 | 2 | 12 | |||
Total Workload Hours = | 117 | |||||||||
*T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 5 | ||||||||
Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 06/11/2020 |