SOC-20 — Introduction to Criminology

Prerequisite: None.

Description: An introduction to the fundamentals of Criminology; including surveys of the theories of crime, statistical procedures and research methodology, types of crime, criminal etiology, the origins and features of criminal law, the police, courts, and corrections. An analysis of the interrelations between social organization, the perceptions of social harm, and the dynamics of social control. 54 hours lecture. (Letter grade only)