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2024-2025 Course Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Course Catalog
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CRJ 200 - Criminology

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Open
This course explores the nature, extent, measurement, causes, and control of law-breaking behavior. The course also introduces different types of crime as well as the theories of crime.
Competencies
  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the interdisciplinary science of criminology.
    1. Explain the historical development of criminology
    2. Recall differences between fields of criminology and criminal justice
  2. Assess the nature of crime and victimization
    1. Identify strengths and limitations of the major sources of crime data
    2. Utilize crime data to understand the extent and patterns of crime.
  3. Examine core theoretical explanations of crime or law-breaking behavior
    1. Classify typologies of crime
    2. Apply theoretical explanations to the various crime typologies, criminals, and victims. 
  4. Determine the impact of the field of criminology to historical and contemporary public policy.
    1. Review the historical and contemporary trends in crime types and criminals.
    2. Assess the linkages between research on crime, criminological theory, and public policy
  5. Produce effective communication while demonstrating course content
    1. Create writing assignments that reflect understanding of disciplinary conventions.   
    2. Express ideas in verbal assignments  
  6. Evaluate ethical dilemmas in the areas of criminology and criminal justice
    1. Recall the major ethical systems
    2. Describe ethical decision-making steps

Competencies Revised Date: 2019



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