SSCI 5020G - Criminological Theory

This seminar provides students with an in-depth overview of major criminological theories of the past and present. Students engage with psychological and sociological approaches to the study of crime. Emphasis is given to the pre-theoretical assumptions of each theory, its major contributions in criminology, key empirical findings generated by the theory and contemporary debates around each theory. In addition to reading theories in their original formulation, students are encouraged to examine new extensions of present paradigmatic theoretical structures.
Credit hours: 3