COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3074 CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYKUT ÇALIŞKAN

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

Punishment is one of the important parameters in understanding the validity of social norms. The sociology of punishment course explains the basic aspects of punishment in a comparative and historical perspective. Socially, penal institutions allow the testing of social theory. As a technical field that includes criminal sociology, crime prevention and control institutions, it provides basic information to those who want to work in this field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the structure of the criminal justice system and the development of the institutions on which it is founded.
2   Recognise the criminological importance of discrimination in shaping our understandings of crime and punishment.
3   Identify and make use of different sources of media and other empirical data on crime and victimisation, and assess its usefulness for understanding the nature and extent of crime in society.
4   Kriminolojik teorinin değerini ve pratik ceza adaleti meseleleri içinde nasıl uygulandığını ve bunları eleştirmek için nasıl kullanıldığını anlamak.
5   Suç ve mağduriyetle ilgili farklı kaynaklar hakkında farkındalık gösterin ve toplumdaki suçun boyutunu anlamak için yararlılıklarını değerlendirebilme.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Punishment and Its Place in Sociology
2 Criminology, Criminalistics, Criminal Law Dogmatics
3 Theoretical Perspectives on Punishment
4 Criminal Justice
5 Philosophy of Criminal Justice
6 Punishment in Societies
7 Midterm
8 Penal Execution Institutions
9 Probation
10 Types of Punishment
11 Security measures
12 Rehabilitation
13 Effectiveness of the Punishment and General Evaluation
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Croal, H (2011) Crime and Society in Britain, London: Pearson.
Ferrell, J, Hayward, K and Young, J, (2008/2015) Cultural Criminology: An Invitation. London: Sage
Hale, C., Hayward, K., Wahidin, A. and Wincup, E. (eds) (2009) Criminology.
Oxford: Oxford University Press
Jewkes, Y (2011) Media and Crime, London: Sage
Maguire, M, Morgan, R, and Reiner, R (eds) (2012) The Oxford Handbook of
Criminology, Oxford: Clarendon Press
McLaughlin, E, and Muncie, J, (eds) (2013) The Sage Dictionary of Criminology, Third Edition, London: Sage

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.55

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