| Course Name | Criminology |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| HUK 471 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | Turkish | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionProblem SolvingQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The purpose of this course is to teach students basic notions of criminology, types and causes of crime. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The content of this course is the notion and historical development, role and importance, research methods of criminology, known and unknown crime and relevant basic concepts. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |    |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Concept, definition, subject and role of criminology | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 2 | Relations of criminology with other sciences, independence and institutionalization of criminology | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 3 | Historical development of criminology | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 4 | Research methods of criminology | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 5 | Known and unknown criminality | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 6 | Midterm | - |
| 7 | Causes of crime (crime ethology) | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 8 | Physical, anthropological, biological aspects of crime (Theories of biology) | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 9 | Psychological and psychiatric aspects of crime | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 10 | Sociological and sociopsychological aspects of crime | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 11 | Occurrence of crime, criminality by age, gender and marital status | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 12 | Race, religion, culture and criminality | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 13 | Effects of social representation instruments in the socialization procedure, social development and criminality | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 14 | Victim in the procedure of mutual causation of crime (victimology) | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 15 | Estimation and prevention of crime | Related parts of sources, course notes and presentation. |
| 16 | Final |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | M. Emin Artuk/M. Emin Alşahin, Kriminoloji. Demirtaş Timur, Kriminoloji |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Sulhi Dönmezer, Kriminoloji, İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, 6. Baskı, İstanbul 1981. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | ||
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 22 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 30 | |
| Total | 120 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles. | X | ||||
| 2 | Solves the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view. | X | ||||
| 3 | Evaluates the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | X | ||||
| 4 | Evaluates the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions. | X | ||||
| 5 | Is conscious of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour. | X | ||||
| 6 | Takes responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | X | ||||
| 7 | Interprets the sources of law by ways of legal methodology. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to interpret the legal norms with a sense of justice respectful to human rights and in the light of principles of democratic, secular and social state of law. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | X | ||||
| 10 | Informs the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | |||||
| 11 | Monitors the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | Uses the information and communication technology together with the computer programs in a level required by the area of law (“European Computer Driving Licence, Advanced Level”). | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
