SOC 337 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Sociology

Course Name

Sociology of Crime

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
SOC 337	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	6

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Case Study Q&A Critical feedback Field trip / Observation Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Hatice Deniz YÜKSEKER TEKİN
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Gülce Başer
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	To analyze fundamental debates about the social origins and outcomes of crime via the major theoretical debates in criminology .
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; · will be able to realize and identify various typologies of behavior that are considered as crime and deviant behavior in the society. · will be able to discuss critically major theories which attempt to explain why people commit crimes. · will be able to discuss the various types of crime. · will be able to elaborate the links between major criminological theories and the crime typologies.
Course Description	Criminology deals, scientifically, with the topics of crime and deviant behavior. It primarily attempts to situate the crime and deviant behavior into historical and theoretical context in order to reveal out the answers for questions such as: Why do people commit crime? What are the resons and consequences of criminal behaviour? What kind of typologies of crime can we observe in different societies?This class, in this respect, attempts to investigate the answers of these questions in relation to major criminology theories by highlighting major categories such as class, age, race, ethnicity, gender, violence, political and organized crimes.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	The Evolution of Crime: The Dynamic Definition of Crime	Bhowmik, Subhranil. (2023). The Evolution of Crime: The Dynamic Definition of Crime as per Society. International Journal of Law Management & Humanities, 6, 3638-3689.
2	Theories of Crime 1 Functionalist Theories	Judson R. Landis and Frank R. Scarpitti Social Forces , Sep., 1965, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Sep., 1965), pp. 83-91 DiCristina, Bruce. (2016). Durkheim's theory of anomie and crime: clarification and elaboration. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 49(3), 311-331.
3	Theories of Crime 2 Interactionist Theory, Social Disorganization Theory	Conyers, A., & Calhoun, T. C. (2015). Labeling Theory. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism, 1-4. Reza Barmaki (2019) On the Origin of “Labeling” Theory in Criminology: Frank Tannenbaum and the Chicago School of Sociology, Deviant Behavior, 40:2, 256-271, DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2017.1420491 (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research) Janet P. Stamatel (auth.), Marvin D. Krohn, Alan J. Lizotte, Gina Penly Hall (eds.) - Handbook on Crime and Deviance-Springer-Verlag New York (2009)-238-248
4	Theories of Crime 3 Conflict and Control Theories	Paul Walton, "Big Science: Dystopia and Utopia, - Establishment and New Criminology Revisited," in The New Criminology Revisited, ed. Paul Walton and Jock Young, Palgrave Macmillan UK (1998). 1-13. Donald R. Cressey, "Fifty Years of Criminology: From Sociological Theory to Political Control," The Pacific Sociological Review , Oct., 1979, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1979), University of California Press, pp. 457-480
5	Crime and Community	(Routledge Studies in Crime and Society) Simon Green - Crime, Community and Morality-Routledge (2014)-11-35 Case: Drug Trade
6	Hatred	Critical Issues in Crime and Society: Clara S. Lewis - Tough on Hate_ The Cultural Politics of Hate Crimes-Rutgers University Press (2013)-13-33 Case: Refugees and immigrants
7	Prisoning-Punishment	(Critical Issues in Crime and Society) Jeffrey Ian Ross, Loic Wacquant - The Globalization of Supermax Prisons-Rutgers University Press (2013)-9-27 (Critical Issues in Crime and Society) Jeffrey Ian Ross, Loic Wacquant - The Globalization of Supermax Prisons-Rutgers University Press (2013)-163-177
8	Midterm
9	Crime Control and Beyond- Governance	(Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance 10) Mathieu Delflem - Surveillance and Governance_ Crime Control and Beyond-JAI Press(NY) (2008) (1)
10	Movie Screening
11	Women: Victim and Committer	(Sociology of law and crime) Anne Worrall - Offending women _ female lawbreakers and the criminal justice system-Routledge (1990)-42-62
12	Animals	Burchfield, K. B. (2018). The nature of animal crime: Scope and severity in Chicago. Crime & Delinquency, 64(14), 1904-1924.
13	White Collars-Crime in the Office	Braithwaite, J. (1985). White collar crime. Annual review of sociology, 11(1), 1-25.
14	Serial Killers	Haggerty, K. D. (2009). Modern serial killers. Crime, Media, Culture, 5(2), 168-187.
15	Semester Review
16	Final

Course Notes/Textbooks

Bhowmik, Subhranil. (2023). The Evolution of Crime: The Dynamic Definition of Crime as per Society. International Journal of Law Management & Humanities, 6, 3638-3689.
Judson R. Landis and Frank R. Scarpitti Social Forces , Sep., 1965, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Sep., 1965), pp. 83-91
DiCristina, Bruce. (2016). Durkheim's theory of anomie and crime: clarification and elaboration. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 49(3), 311-331.
Conyers, A., & Calhoun, T. C. (2015). Labeling Theory. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism, 1-4.
Reza Barmaki (2019) On the Origin of “Labeling” Theory in Criminology: Frank Tannenbaum and the Chicago School of Sociology, Deviant Behavior, 40:2, 256-271, DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2017.1420491
(Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research) Janet P. Stamatel (auth.), Marvin D. Krohn, Alan J. Lizotte, Gina Penly Hall (eds.) - Handbook on Crime and Deviance-Springer-Verlag New York (2009)-238-248
Paul Walton, "Big Science: Dystopia and Utopia, - Establishment and New Criminology Revisited," in The New Criminology Revisited, ed. Paul Walton and Jock Young, Palgrave Macmillan UK (1998). 1-13.
Donald R. Cressey, "Fifty Years of Criminology: From Sociological Theory to Political Control," The Pacific Sociological Review , Oct., 1979, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1979), University of California Press, pp. 457-480
(Routledge Studies in Crime and Society) Simon Green - Crime, Community and Morality-Routledge (2014)-11-35
Critical Issues in Crime and Society: Clara S. Lewis - Tough on Hate_ The Cultural Politics of Hate Crimes-Rutgers University Press (2013)-13-33
(Critical Issues in Crime and Society) Jeffrey Ian Ross, Loic Wacquant - The Globalization of Supermax Prisons-Rutgers University Press (2013)-9-27
(Critical Issues in Crime and Society) Jeffrey Ian Ross, Loic Wacquant - The Globalization of Supermax Prisons-Rutgers University Press (2013)-163-177
(Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance 10) Mathieu Delflem - Surveillance and Governance_ Crime Control and Beyond-JAI Press(NY) (2008) (1)
(Sociology of law and crime) Anne Worrall - Offending women _ female lawbreakers and the criminal justice system-Routledge (1990)-42-62
Burchfield, K. B. (2018). The nature of animal crime: Scope and severity in Chicago. Crime & Delinquency, 64(14), 1904-1924.
Braithwaite, J. (1985). White collar crime. Annual review of sociology, 11(1), 1-25.
Haggerty, K. D. (2009). Modern serial killers. Crime, Media, Culture, 5(2), 168-187.

Suggested Readings/Materials

The New Criminology Revisited, ed. Paul Walton and Jock Young, Palgrave Macmillan UK (1998).

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	40
Final Exam	1	60
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	60
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	15	3	45
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	20	20
Final Exam	1	40	40
		Total	153

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories.	X	-	-	-	-
2	To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods.	X	-	-	-	-
3	To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology.	X	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team.	-	-	X	-	-
5	To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination.	X	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions.	-	-	X	-	-
7	To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research.	-	-	X	-	-
8	To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data.	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences.	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-