COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRIMINOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN CRIMINAL LAW-CRIMINOLOGY AND THEIR EFFECTS ON CRIMINAL LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CZA 7024 CRIMINOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN CRIMINAL LAW-CRIMINOLOGY AND THEIR EFFECTS ON CRIMINAL LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Criminal Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SESIM SOYER GÜLEÇ

Offered to

Criminal Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to reveal the importance of criminology in terms of criminal law and to discuss the causes of various crimes by examining them in terms of criminology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the subject, purpose and quality of criminology
2   To know the relationship of criminology with other branches of science
3   Understanding the importance of criminology in combating delinquency
4   To be able to examine the theories explaining the reasons of crime in criminology
5   Developing a multi-faceted perspective on the causes of crime

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Purpose and subject of criminology
2 The relationship of criminology with other branches of science
3 Historical development of criminology
4 The importance of criminology in combating delinquency
5 Criminological research methods and causes of dark numbers
6 Theories about the causes of crime
7 Cultural factors and crime
8 Juvenile delinquency
9 Gender and crime
10 Economic factors and crime
11 Drug and stimulant addiction and crime
12 Media and crime
13 The victim and the role of the victim in criminology
14 Criminological dimensions of violence

Recomended or Required Reading

Dönmezer Sulhi, Kriminoloji, Istanbul 1994.
Demirbaş, Timur, Kriminoloji, Ankara 2020.
Sokullu Akıncı Füsun, Kriminoloji, Istanbul 2021.
Dolu Osman, Suç Teorileri, Ankara 2012.
Yalçın Sancar Türkan, Kriminoloji Yazıları, Ankara 2015.
Oğuz Polat Kriminoloji ve Kriminalistik Üzerine Notlar, Ankara 2018.
Günşen Içli, Tülin, Kriminoloji, Ekim 2019.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

It will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sesim.soyer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Student Presentations 1 1 1
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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