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WDW205H1 Introduction to Criminology (formerly WDW200Y1) Professor Scot Wortley An introduction to the study of crime and criminal behaviour. The concept of crime, the process of law formation, and the academic domain of criminology. Theories of crime causation, methodologies used by criminologists, and the complex relationship between crime, the media and modern politics. Prerequisites: Available to students enrolled in the Criminology major Exclusion: WDW200Y1 Distribution Requirement Status: Social Science Breadth Requirement: Society and its Institutions (3) Themes and Format This course is designed to introduce students to the study of crime and criminal behaviour. The course is divided into four distinct sections. The first section of the course will be used to define the concept of crime and discuss the process of law formation. Emphasis will be placed on explaining why some behaviours are identified as "crimes" by the State and other behaviours avoid this label. The second section of this course will describe the academic domain of criminology. Focus will be placed on reviewing the various methodologies used by criminologists in their research and how these methodologies inform the development of criminological theory. The third - and largest - section of the course is devoted to various theories of crime causation. Lectures and readings provide an overview of the various ideas scholars have developed to explain why some people engage in criminal behaviour and others do not. The policy implications of various perspectives will be discussed. The final section of the course will explore three special topics that have received considerable attention from criminologists over the past decade: 1) gender and crime; 2) age and crime; and 3) race/ethnicity and crime. Throughout the course, focus will be placed on the complex relationship between crime, the media and modern politics. Specific lecture topics include: defining crime and the criminal law; criminology and criminological research methods; rational-choice theories; biological theories; economic/strain theories; social learning theories; social control theories; conflict theories; integrated theories; gender and crime; age and crime; race/ethnicity and crime. Requirements Course evaluation will consist of a mid-term test, one written assignment and a final test. Details will be announced in class. Text To be announced in class. 15
Criminology 2011/12 Undergraduate Handbook WDW210H1 Criminal Justice (formerly WDW200Y1) Professor Anthony Doob An introduction to the Canadian criminal justice system. The institutions established by government to respond to crime and control it; how they operate, and the larger function they serve; including the role of the police, the trial process, courts and juries, sentencing, imprisonment and community corrections. Prerequisites: WDW205H1, 225H1 Exclusion: WDW200Y1 Distribution Requirement Status: Social Science Breadth Requirement: Society and its Institutions (3) Themes and Format Canada's criminal justice system can be seen as being comprised of a set of loosely linked organizations set up by the federal, provincial, and municipal governments to respond to crime. These organizations have explicit functions defined, typically, in legislation. Nevertheless, the manner in which they operate is, only in the broadest sense, described by legislation. And the purposes that the various parts of the system serve are themselves often contested. This course will examine these institutions in the context of Canadian and international research. The goal of the course is to understand not only how these institutions operate, but to understand the larger functions that they serve. This course will, then, examine the manner in which the criminal justice system in Canada operates, going beyond the simple description that is often offered. For that reason, we will be focusing on a wide range of different types of research findings - from Canada and from elsewhere in the world - that should help provide a more complete picture of the operation of the Canadian criminal justice system and, to some extent, how it is similar to, and sometimes quite different from, the systems that operate in other countries. Specific topics covered in the course will include the following: policing; bail and pretrial processes; courts and juries; the role of defence counsel, the crown attorney, and the judge; sentencing; dangerousness in criminal law; corrections - imprisonment and community corrections; conditional release; the youth justice system; approaches to the control of crime. Requirements Course evaluation will consist of a mid-term test, one written assignment and a final test. Details will be announced in class. Readings To be announced in class. The material in the readings will supplement the material that will be covered in lectures. Hence, there will be relatively little overlap between lectures and the readings. 16 W o o d s w o r t h C o l l e g e U n i v e r s i t y o f T o r o n t o
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