Introduction to Criminology (193)

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Yes, extra credit and a course curve were included.

Based on the principle that I have a responsibility to be fair to everyone in class, I cannot make special considerations for a given student and bump up his or her grade, because that would mean being unfair to other students in the class.

· I feel bad when a student has a hardship, but based on the emails I’ve gotten since grades were posted, there are many students in this class with hardships, most minor, a few very concerning. Again though, it’s not fair to those students with minor and concerning hardships that don’t write me asking for special consideration.

· If you were on the borderline of one grade versus the next, and your performance, the extra credit, and the curve were not enough to bump you up, remember there are groups of students on each cut point that I set, not just a single student. It’s harsh, and again I feel bad, but that’s why there are +’s and –‘s.

· Also, for a person who got a B+, who is now asking me for an A-, the extra credit and curve is what bumped you up from a solid B, to a B+.

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Syllabus

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Lecture Slides

Week 1

Tuesday: Crime Measurement (.pdf file)

Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the U.S. 2006

Thursday: Schools of Thought (.pdf file)

Week 2

Tuesday: Psychological Perspectives I (.pdf)

Thursday: Psychological Perspectives II (.pdf)

Girls More Prone to Online Brawling?

Two girls in Cincinnati were videotaped in their junior high locker room, slapping, punching, kicking and pulling hair. The video ended up on YouTube. A recent government report

found that fights like this are common, and often involve girls. Sandy Hausman reports on why young woman are using their hands and fists with increasing frequency. Listen to story.

Week 3
Tuesday: Social-Structural Approach I (.pdf)

Thursday: Social-Structural Approach II: Gangs (.pdf)

Week 4
Tuesday: Midterm Review

Thursday: Midterm I

Week 5
Tuesday: Control Theory (.pdf)

Thursday: Making of a Suicide Bomber (film)

Week 6
Tuesday: Psychology of Terrorism (.pfd)

Thursday: Labeling Theory & Environmental Theory (.pdf)

Week 7
Tuesday: Criminal Profiling (.pdf)

Thursday: Midterm Review

Week 8
Tuesday: Midterm 2

Thursday: Punishment (pdf)