SOCW 215 - Sociology of Criminal Behavior

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

Description:

An evaluation of the extensiveness and causes of deviant behavior and a critical assessment of the justice and corrections systems. Course Objectives (1) Identify, describe, explain and evaluate the social and political processes through which certain behaviors and persons, rather than others, come to be considered criminal or delinquent (2) Identify, describe, analyze and evaluate the social sources of different degrees of involvement in crime and delinquency (3) Identify, describe, analyze and evaluate formal and informal societal or social reactors to crime and delinquency, their degree of success or failure in the reductions of criminal offenses, and proposals for potential alternative responses.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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