Sociology 361 (Section 1) Summer 2005
CRIMINOLOGY
Instructor: Arina Gertseva (garina@wsu.edu)
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  Lecture     Topic
1 (05.09) Introduction to the course
2 (05.10) Crime and Criminology
3 (05.11) Criminology as science
4 (05.12) Research Methods in Criminology
5 (05.13) Survey Research in Criminology
6 (05.16) Theory Construction and Evaluation
7 (05.17) Ethics in Criminology Research
8 (05.18) Movie "Zimbardo's Prison Experiment"
9 (05.19) The Measurement of Crime
10 (05.20) Exam #1
11 (05.23) The Social Dimensions of Crime
12 (05.24) Victimization Theories
13 (05.25) Rational Choice Theory and Deterrence Theory
14 (05.26) Biological Theories of Crime
15 (05.27) Psychological Theories of Crime
16 (05.31) Structural Theories of Crime
17 (06.01) Strain Theories
18 (06.03) Exam #2
19 (06.06) Social Learning Theories
20 (06.07) Labeling Theory
21 (06.08) Movie "Little Criminals"
22 (06.09) Conflict Theories
23 (06.10) Control theories (presented by Arina Gertseva)
Social Bond/Self Control Theory (presented by James Gaddy)
24 (06.13) Developmental Theories
25 (06.14) Students' presentation
25 (06.15) Violent Crimes