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SOCL 302: Criminology
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Fall, 2012
##Required Materials:
1. Crutchfield, Robert D., Charis E. Kubrin, George S. Bridges &
Joseph G. Weis. 2008. Crime: Readings. 3rd. Edition. Sage Publications.
2. Research articles posted on Blackboard. See listing in “Course
Schedule” section below.
##Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to introduce and explore substantive
topics that collectively, comprise the field of criminology,
or the systematic study of crime. The course will cover: competing
approaches to the definition of crime; the distribution of crime over
time and across social space and social groups; theories of the
etiology and social distribution of crime; similarity or differences
in the different types or categories of crime; the life course
perspective on crime; fear of crime and its significance as a social
concept; and varying approaches to the social control of crime (i.e.,
criminal justice). Students will learn to understand crime as both
an objective and subjective outcome that emerges from human social
organization. The course emphasizes sociological thinking, but
criminology is an interdisciplinary field and pertinent perspectives
from biology, psychology, economics and legal studies also will be
incorporated.
##Course Objectives:
Become familiar with varying definitions of crime and reasons
behind those definitions
Understand theories of crime arising from sociology as well as other
relevant disciplines
Learn approaches to researching crime that are employed by
criminologists
Gain familiarity with measures of crime and why crime is a
multidimensional Coursencept that presents difficulty in measurement
Improve critical thinkingg skills; learn to effectively evaluate
criminological research
Improvee discussion abilities
##Course Assignments:
1. Class Attendance, Participation, In-Class writing & pop quizzes:
Class attendance is expected. If you must miss a class for any
reason, you should alert Professor Ousey in advance of your absence
and provide valid official documentation (e.g., note from doctor,
attorney, judge, etc.) of the reasons for your absence. Missed
assignments may be excused at the discretion of the Professor,
but not without valid documentation indicating the reason for your
absence.
Assigned readings for each section of the course are listed in the
topical outline presented below. It is expected that students will
thoroughly read and prepare to discuss these readings prior to the
date in which they are listed on the course outline. Some readings may
not be explicitly discussed in class, but students are fully
responsible for all assigned material on exams.
Short in-class writing assignments that provide instant assessment of
understanding, that reinforce course lessons or that engage
critical-thinking skills will be used periodically. In-class writing
assignments are part of the class participation contribution
on the date that they are given. Therefore, missed in-class
assignments cannot be made up. Class attendance, participation
and in-class writing is worth 30 points.
2. Readings Journal: Students will keep a readings journal throughout
the semester. In this journal, it is expected that students will
write down their reactions to and reflections on the assigned
readings for each week. Journal entries are somewhat open-ended in that
students have freedom to choose what to write about in response to
the readings. Some possibilities include, but aren’t limited to:
* relating the content of the article to an event in your life
experience;
* relating content to current events in the world;
* critical commentary about why the articles or research presented in
the article;
* points of confusion or questions that you have about
the article and its content, and so on. Reading journal entries
should be dated and will generally be in the 1-2 page range.
Hardcopies of typed readings journal entries are due on the last day
of class for the semester. The readings journals are worth 60
points.
3. Exams: There will be three exams in the course. The format of the
exams will consist of some combination of objective-format questions
(e.g., multiple-choice, true-false, etc.) and short-answer/essay
questions. Each exam (including the final) is worth 150 points
(Exams=450 points in total).
4. “Fishbowl” Time: Students will be assigned to groups of 4-5. On
scheduled Fridays, two groups will spend roughly 20 minutes each
“in the fishbowl”. That is, the assigned groups will be responsible
for leading the discussion of a particular assigned reading. In
advance of their fishbowl day, the designated groups should meet
to discuss their article and to develop 4-5 high-quality questions
that will be used to engage the rest of the class in a discussion.
These questions can pertain directly to the content of the assigned
article or to material that is closely related and should be familiar
to students (e.g., current events, aspects of pop culture). We
will spend about 20 minutes in a discussion (for each group)
organized around these questions. The designated group should turn
in their discussion questions at the end of their period in the
fishbowl. Fishbowl time activities are worth 60 points.
##Grades:
The grading scale used in assigning letter grades will be based upon
the percentage of the 600 possible points that you earn as follows:
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A = 93% or higher
A- = 90% to 92%
B+ = 87% to 89%
B = 83% to 86%
B- = 80% to 82%
C+ = 77% to 79%
C = 73% to 76%
C- = 70% to 72%
D+= 67% to 69%
D = 63% to 66%
D-= 60% to 62%
F = 59% or below
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##Course Schedule:
An outline of topics, reading assignments (in bold print), debates,
assignments & exams is presented below (Dates & topics subject to
change with notice from Professor):
Weeks 1& 2 (Aug. 29, 31, Sept. 3, 5, 7)
###Introduction to the Course
Introducing Criminology
Crutchfield et al. Defining Crime (Pp. 1-2).
John Hagan: Defining Crime: An Issue of Morality (Pp. 3-9).
A Brief History of Major Criminology Paradigms
C. Ronald Huff: Historical Explanations of Crime: From Demons to
Politics. (Pp. 10-20).
Week 2 (Sept. 10, 12, 14)
Measuring Crime
Crutchfield et al. How is Crime Measured? The Observation and
Measurement of Crime (Pp. 113-115).
Rand & Rennison: True Crime Stories? Accounting for Differences
in Our National Crime Indicators (Posted on Blackboard).
Elliott & Ageton: Reconciling Race and Class Differences in
Self-Reported and Official Estimates of Delinquency. (Pp. 126-132).
Hagan et al.: The Criminology of Genocide: The Death and Rape of
Darfur (Pp. 144-151).
Week 3 (Sept. 17, 19, 21)
Crime Types, Trends & Distributions
Baumer et andl.: Neighborhood Disadvantage and the Nature of Violence
(Pp. 155-159).
McNulty et al.: Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adolescent
Violence (Full Version Posted on Blackboard).
Russell: Racial Discrimination or Disproportionate Offending
(Posted on Blackboard).
Beckett et al.: Race, Drugs and Policing: Understanding Disparities
in Drug Delivery Arrests (Posted on Blackboard).
Junger-Tas et al.: Juvenile Delinquency and Gender (pp. 171-185.)
Hirschi & Gottfredson: Age and the Explanation of Crime (Pp.
167-170).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL (September 21):**
GROUP #1, Focused on McNulty et al. “Explaining Racial and Ethnic
Differences in Adolescent Violence
GROUP #2, Focused on Beckett et al. “Race, Drugs and Policing:
Understandingderstanding Disparities in Drug Delivery Arrests.”
Week 4 (Sept. 24, 26, 28)
The Social and Political Construction of Crime
Crutchfield et al.: How Do We View Crime? Images of Crime, Criminality
and Criminal Justice (pp. 21-22).
Zimring: A Youth Violence Epidemic: Myth or Reality? (pp. 23-32).
Humphries: Realities and Images of Crack Mothers (pp. 33-42).
Beckett & Sasson: The Politics of Criminalrime (pp. 48-59).
END MATERIAL FOR EXAM 1
Week 5 (October 1, 3, 5)
EXAM 1: Monday, October 1, 2012
Trait & Propensity Theories
DeLisi: The Challenges Posed by Propensityopensity Theory, Chapter 4 in
Career Criminals in Society,Sage. (Postedd on Blackboard).
DeLisi: Self-Control Pathology: The Elephant in the Living Room (Posted
on Blackboard).
Week 6 (October 8, 10, 12)
Rational Choice and Deterrence Theory
McCarthy and Hagan: Danger and the Decision topics Offend (Posted on
Blackboard).
Stafford and Warr: A Reconceptualization of General and Specific
Deterrence (Posted on Blackboard).
Propensityaternoster et al.: Thoughtfully Reflective Decision
Making and the Accumulation of Capital: Bringing Choice Back In
(Posted on Blackboard).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL (October 12):**
GROUPUP #3, Focused on McCarthy and Hagan “Danger and the Decision to
Offend” GROUP #4, Focused on Paternoster et al. “Thoughtfully
Reflective Decision Making and the Accumulation of Capital:
Bringingng Choice Back In.”
FALL BREAK – OCTOBER 13-16.
Week 7 (October 17, 19)
Social Control Theory and Self-Control Theory
Hirschi: Causes and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency. (pp. 266-271).
McCarthy and Casey: Livingove, Sex and Crime: Adolescent Romantic
Relationships and Offending (Posted on Blackboard).
Gottfredson & Hirschi: The Nature of Criminality: Low Self-Control (pp.
303-306).
Pratt & Cullen: The Empirical Status of Gottfredson & Hirschi’s
General Theory of Crime (Posted on Blackboard).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL (October 19):**
GROUP #5, Focused on McCarthy and Casey “Love, Sex
and Crime: Adolescent Romantic Relationships and Offending.”
GROUP #6, Focused on Pratt & Cullen “The Empirical
Status of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s General Theory of Crime.”
Week 8 (October 22, 24, 26)
Differential Association & Social Learning
Hochstetler et al.: Differential Association in Group and Solo
Offending (Pp. 226-231).
Warr & Stafford: The Influence of Delinquent Peers: What They Think or
What they Do? (Posted on Blackboard)
Haynie & Osgood: Reconsidering Peers and Delinquency: How Do Peers
Matter? (Posted on Blackboard).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL (October 26):**
GROUPUPOUP #7, Focused on Warr & Stafford “The Influence of Delinquent
Peers: What they Think or What they Do?”
GROUP #8, Focused on Haynie & Osgood
“Reconceptualizationeconsidering Peers and Delinquency.”
END MATERIAL FOR EXAM 2
Week 9 (October 29, 31, November 2)
EXAM 2 – Monday, October 29, 2012
Fear of Crime, Disorder & Broken Windows
Weitzer & Kubrin: Breaking News: How Local TV News and Real-World
Conditions Affect Fear of Crime. (Posted on Blackboard).
Wilson & Kelling: Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood
Safety.(pp. 438-447).
Hinkle & Weisburd: The Irony of Broken Windows Policing (Posted on
Blackboard).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL (November 2):**
GROUP #9, Focused on Weitzer & Kubrin “Breaking News: How Local TV News
and Real-World Conditions Affect Fear of Crime.”
GROUP #10, Focused on Hinkle & Weisburd “The Irony of Broken
Windows Policing.”
Week 10 (November 5,Windows 7, 9)
Social Disorganization Theory
Shaw & McKay: Juvenile Delinquencyy and Urban Areas. (pp. 189-215).
Moreneoff et al.: Neighborhood Inequality, Collective Efficacy and
the Spatial Dynamics of Urban Violence (Posted on Blackboard).
Browning et al.: The Paradox of Social Organization: Networks,
Collective Efficacy and Violent Crime in Urban Neighborhoods
(Posted on Blackboard).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL (November 9):**
GROUP #11, Focused on Morenoff et al. “Neighborhoodsorhood Inequality,
Collective Efficacy and the Spatial Dynamics of Urbanan Violence.”
GROUP #12, Focused on Browning et al. “The Paradox onf Social
Organization.”
Weeks 11 & 12 (November 12, 14, & Novemberer 19) No Class on Friday,
November 16 (ASC Conference)
Anomie/Strain Theory
Merton: Social Structure and Anomie. (pp. 232-237).
Maume & Lee: Social Institutions and Violence: A Subnational
Test of Institutional Anomie Theory (Posted on Blackboard).
Agnew: Foundation for a General Strain Theory (Pp. 339-347).
Agnew, Brezina, Wright and Cullen: Strain, Personality Traits and
Delinquency: Extending General Strain Theory (Posted on Blackboard).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL on Monday (November 19):**
GROUP #13, Focused on Maume & Lee: “Social Institutions and Violence:
A Subnational Test of Institutional Anomie Theory.”
GROUP #14, Focused on Agnew et al. “Structureain, Personality
Traits and Delinquency.”
THANKSGIVING BREAK, NOVEMBER 21-25
Week 13 (November 26, 28, 30)
Shifting Approaches to Punishment/Control of Crime
Messner & Rosenfeld: Strengthening Institutions and Rethinking
the American Dream. (pp. 424-437).
Unnever & Cullen: Social Sources of American’s Punitiveness
(Posted on Blackboard).
Garland: The Problem of the Body in Modern State Punishment
(Posted on Blackboard).
McGarrel and Hipple: Family Group Conferencing and Reoffending
among First-Time Juvenile Offenders: The Indianapolis Experiment
(Posted on Blackboard).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL (Novemberer 30):**
GROUP #15, Focused on Unnever & Cullen: “Social Sources off
American’s Punitiveness.”
GROUP #16, Focused on McGarrell and Hipple “Family Group Conferencing
and Reoffending among First-Time Juvenile Offenders.”
Week 14 (December 3, 5, 7)
Stigma and Collateral Consequences of Punishment
Bernburg & Krohn: Labeling, Life Chances and Adult Crime (Posted on
Blackboard).
Pager: Sequencing Disadvantage: Barriers to Employment Familyacing
Young Black and White Men with Criminal Records (Posted on Blackboard).
Wakefield & Uggen: Incarceration and Stratification (Postedd on
Blackboard).
**FRIDAY FISHBOWL (December 7):**
GROUP #17, Focuseded on Bernburg & Krohn: “Labeling, Life Chances and
Adult Crime.
GROUP #18, Focused on Pager “Sequencing Disadvantage: Barriers to
Employment Facing Young Black and White Men with Criminal Records”.
###FINAL EXAM, December 19, 9 a.m. (Tyler 102)
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Honor Code:
Students caught cheating will be handled via the procedures
outlined in the William & Mary Honor Code.
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