CR 505 Advanced Criminological Theories
Through lecture and seminar discussion, students will develop deep understanding of the organizing categories and central claims of a range of modern criminological perspectives. The main problems, questions and ideas that have shaped modern criminological thought are explored and attention is paid throughout to the contexts that shape the emergence and reception of modern criminological theory and to the modes of social intervention that different criminological perspectives expressly or implicitly propose. Topics covered will vary but are likely to include: environmental, peacemaking, evolutionary, life course, critical, and integrated postmodern theories and their application to the study of crime.
Prerequisite
Senior major in the behavioral sciences or recommendation of advisor and consent of instructor
Offered
As Needed