SOCI 3800 - Development of Criminal Behavior

Description

Focuses on understanding the development of criminal behavior. The course will cover topics such as the causes of violent crime and the development of criminality.

Learning Objectives

• Students will demonstrate the ability to articulate, analyze, and understand how and why criminal typologies are constructed.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to understand and analyze motivations for today’s crime from different perspectives and be exposed to viewpoints other than their own.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to recognize and describe the various types and levels of crime and criminal behavior.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to understand major societal, psychological, and developmental forces, events, influences, and ideas that shape an individual’s behavior.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to explain and analyze various factors contributing to crime.