SE354 : Sociology of Crime

Department

Department of Sociology

Academic Program

Bachelor in Sociology

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

This course aims to enable the student to be able to employ the methods and theories of criminal behavior in studies on crime, to be able to link crime topics to each other, to distinguish between the branches of criminology and its relationship to other sciences, and to understand the various phenomena of crime and methods of studying them as well.

Intended learning outcomes

After passing this course, the student will be able to explain criminal behavior on the basic premise that the criminal behavior of the individual is the result of a natural process in its formation of general social behavior processes.

Teaching and learning methods

Study lectures and panel discussions

Methods of assessments

midterm exam 30%activity.10%final exam 60%

References: 1- Social Deviation, Mustafa Abdul-Majid Kara, Open University Publications, 1996 AD. 2- Psychology of Crime and Deviance, Othman Ali Ameiman, Al-Khums Press 2005 AD 3- Criminal Sociology - The Most Important Explanatory Theories-, Jamal Maatouk, Modern Book House, 2018 AD. 4- Human Rights Law - Its National and International Sources and Applications - Al-Shafi’i Muhammad Bashir, Manshaat Al-Maarif in Alexandria, 2007.