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CJS/231

Criminology

Course level: Undergraduate

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Criminal Justice

Online

Format

$1,194

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

5 weeks

Course length

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This course highlights the causes of criminal behavior and the theoretical interpretations of such behavior. Students are introduced to criminological methods of inquiry and review several different classifications of crime. Students also consider the public policy implications of various approaches to criminology.

Prerequisites

CJS/201 – Introduction to Criminal Justice or equivalent

Required materials

The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.

  • Define crime, criminality and criminal justice.
  • Differentiate between deviance and criminality.
  • Explain the major contemporary sources of crime data and how crime is measured.
  • Explain how crime data impacts the criminal justice system.

  • Identify the major principles of the classical and neoclassical perspectives on crime.
  • Identify the major principles of the positivist perspective on crime.
  • Describe common theories of crime causation from the physical and biological perspectives.
  • Describe common theories of crime causation from the psychological perspectives.

  • Identify major theoretical principles associated with a sociological perspective of crime.
  • Distinguish between social structure, social process, social conflict, and social control theories of crime.
  • Assess policy implications of sociological theories of crime causation.

  • Describe the personal impact of victimization and the restorative justice model.
  • Describe the nature and types of common property and violent personal crimes.
  • Distinguish between motivational factors of the offender in personal versus property crimes.

  • Evaluate the correlation between evolving technologies and evolving criminal behaviors.
  • Evaluate the role of globalization as it relates to crime control policies.
  • Analyze potential future crime policies as it relates to civil liberties and evolving technologies

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