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Introduction to Criminology: Explaining Crime by Udemy
Learn to Speak About Criminal Psychology and the Sociology of Crime Like an Expert
Course Highlights
- Speak about criminology like an expert even if you’ve never followed a criminology course in college.
- Transform the way in which you understand why people commit crime.
- Educate the people around you about the backgrounds of criminal behavior.
- Apply your newly gained knowledge by critically assessing daily news items about real crimes.
- Improve your performance in criminology classes.
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
5 Topics
Introduction
What Is Criminology?
VIDEO: About Me
How To Explain Crime: Course Program
Summing Up
6 Topics
The Body and Crime
VIDEO: Example: Is crime heritable?
The Brain Heart and Hormones
VIDEO: Example: Can Exposure To Lead Increase Crime?
Summing Up
Quiz
6 Topics
Personality Plus EXERCISE
VIDEO: Example: “Types of People” and Crime
Mental Disorders and Crime
VIDEO: Case Study of Psychopathy and Aileen Wuornos
Summing Up
Quiz
6 Topics
The Classic School Plus EXERCISE
VIDEO: Example - Can Police Activities Reduce Crime?
Rational Choice and Routine Activities
VIDEO: Example: How Do Burglars Choose Their Targets?
Summing Up
Quiz
6 Topics
Crime as Learned Behavior
VIDEO: Case Study of the Rwandan Genocide
“It’s Not That Bad”: Neutralizations for Crime
VIDEO: Example: How Men and Women Neutralize Their White Collar Crimes
Summing Up
Quiz
6 Topics
Believing in Social Bonds
VIDEO: Example: Can Offenders Turn Their Life Around? Age-Graded Social Control
Self-Control and Crime
VIDEO: Example: How A Facebook Friend Can Help Reduce Crime
Summing Up
Quiz
6 Topics
We Are What Others Think We Are
VIDEO: Example: On Hippies and Marihuana
Repairing The Damage: Reintegrative Shaming and Restorative Justice
VIDEO: Case Study of a 12-Year-Old Girl and Family Group Conferencing
Summing Up
Quiz
6 Topics
Crime In The Neighborhood: Social Disorganization
VIDEO: Example: Does Litter Cause Crime? Plus EXERCISE
Designing Out Crime
EXERCISE: How Secure Is Your Home?
Summing Up
Quiz
6 Topics
Strains and How They Can Lead to Crime
VIDEO: Case Study of Gangs in Medellin Colombia
Anger Negative Emotions And Crime – General Strain Theory
VIDEO: Strain and Anger in Asia
Summing Up
Quiz
1 Topic
VIDEO: Conclusion
1 Topic
BONUS: Chart with Criminology Theories
Introduction to Criminology: Explaining Crime
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