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CRJU/SOCI 3000: Criminology
Reading list for the crosslisted course: CRJU/SOCI 3000: Criminology
- What is Criminology?
- Correlates of Crime
- Classical School of Criminology
- Positive School of Criminology
- Biosocial Theories
- Psychological Theories
- Learning Theories of Crime
- Social Disorganization
- Anomie/Strain Theory
- Control Theory
- Self Control
- Labeling Theory
- Deterrence and Rational Choice
- Environmental Criminology
- Life Course Criminology
- Routine Activity Theory
- Critical/Conflict Criminology
- Feminist Criminology
Required Readings
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Barlow & Kauzlarich, Ch. 3: "Biological, Psychological, and Evolutionary Theories" in Explaining Crime: A Primer in Criminological TheoryRead sections "Positivism and Early Criminology" (p. 36) and "Biology and the Search for the Criminal Type" (pp. 37-39)
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