HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Criminology

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr Tamar Berenblum

Coordinator Email: tamar.berenblum@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Mondays by appointment

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Tamar Berenblum

Course/Module description:
This is a general introduction course to the major theories of crime. The course will focus on the following aspects: (1) the socio-historical context in which prominent criminological theories develop, (2) the underlying hypotheses of these theories, (3) strengths and weaknesses of each theory, and critical assessment of these bodies of knowledge, (4) empirical evaluation of these theories; and - (5) contemporary theories in criminology

Course/Module aims:
The course aims to introduce to advanced students major theories and paradigms in criminology

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Evaluate, compare, critique and present theories in criminology

Attendance requirements(%):
100%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures

Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction
2. Classic and new classic theories (modern theorization of criminal behaviour, deterrence, rational choice)
3. Positivist school (biological, psychological, social)
4. Conflict theories and sub-culture theories
5. Control theories
6. Developmental criminology and desistance theories
7. Labelling theory
8. justice theories (procedural, restorative and retributive justice)
9. place based criminology and ecological explanations to crime
10. radical approaches (Marxism, Abolitionism, feminism, left realism)

Required Reading:
Williams, F., and McShane, M (2008). Criminology Theory: Selected Classic Reading (2nd Ed.) Elsavier.
Newburn, T (2007). Criminology. Willan Punishers: Devon UK.
שוהם, ג. אדד מ. ורהב ג. 2004. קרימינולוגיה. הוצאת שוקן: ירושלים ותל-אביב

Additional Reading Material:
1. Ariel, B. (2012) “Deterrence and moral persuasion effects on corporate tax compliance: findings from a randomized controlled trial.” Criminology 50(1): 27-69
2. Beccaria, C. (2004/1764). An Essay On Crime and Punishment. Available at http://users.dickinson.edu/~rhyne/232/Two/beccaria_text.html
3. Becker, G. (1974). “Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach." in G. Becker and W. Landes (eds.) Essays in Economics of Crime and Punishment. NBER
4. Bentham, J. (2000/1781). An Introduction to the Principles of Moral and Legislation. Kitchener: Batouche Books. Available at http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/bentham/morals.pdf
5. Box, S. (1981). Deviance, Reality and Society. Holt, Rinehart and Winston: London
6. Braga, B., Papachristos, A., and Hureau, D. (2012). “Hot spots policing effects on crime”. Campbell Collaboration. www.campbellcollaboration.org/lib/download/2097/ Pp. 1-10, 30-32.
7. Cloward, R. (1959). “Illegitimate means, anomie, and delinquent behavior.” American Sociological Review, 24, 164-177.
8. Cloward, R. and Ohlin, L. (1960). Delinquency and Opportunity. NY: Free Press
9. Durkheim, E. (1997). The Division of Labor in Society. available at http://facweb.northseattle.edu/ratkins/ClassMaterials/SOC101/Winter'12/MSLib_Durkheim_Labor.pdf
10. Durkheim, E., Simpson, G. (1951). Suicide: A Study in Sociology. Simon and Schuster. New York: The Free Press.
11. Ellis, L., Walsh, A. (1997). Gene-Based Evolutionary Theories in Criminology." Criminology 35(2): 229-276
12. Ellwood, C. (1912). "Lombroso's theory of Crime." Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology 2(5): 716-723.
13. Farrington, D. P., Loeber, R., and Howell, J. C. (2012). Young Adult Offenders. Criminology & Public Policy 11(4): 729-750.
14. Glaze, L. E., & Parks, E. (2011). Correctional populations in the United States, 2011. BJS. http://bjs. ojp. usdoj. gov/index. cfm.
15. Matza, D. (1964). Delinquency and Drift. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
16. Moffitt, T. (2005). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Antisocial Behaviors: Evidence from Behavioral–Genetic Research." Advances in Genetics 55: 41-104
17. Moffitt, T. E. (2005). The new Look of Behavioral Genetics in Developmental Psychopathology: Gene - Environment Interplay in Antisocial Behaviors. Psychological Bulletin, 131, 522-554.
18. Murphy, D. and Robinson, M. (2008). "The Maximizer: Clarifying Merton's theories of anomie and strain." Theoretical Criminology 12: 501-521.
19. Rafter, N., (2008). The Criminal Brain: Understanding Biological Theories of Crime. NYU Press.
20. Sherman, L. (2009). “Evidence and Liberty: The Promise of Experimental Criminology.” Criminology and Criminal Justice 9(1): 5–28.
21. Sutherland, E. and Cressey, D. (1960). Principles of Criminology (6th ed). Philadelphia: Lippencott.
22. Sykes, G. and Matza, D. (1957). “Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency.” American Sociological Review. 22(6). 664-670.
23. Tielbeek et al (2012). “Unraveling the Genetic Etiology of Adult Antisocial Behavior: A Genome-Wide Association Study” PLOS ONE 7(1): 1-7
24. Tyler, T. (1997). "The Psychology of Legitimacy: A Relational Perspective on Voluntary Deference to Authorities" Personality and Social Psychology Review 1(4): 323-345.
25. von Hirsch, A., Bottoms, A., Burney, E. and Wikstrom PO. (1999) Criminal Deterrence and Sentence Severity: An Analysis of Recent Research. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
26. Weisburd, D. (2008). Place Based Policing. Police Foundation 9. http://www.policefoundation.org/pdf/placebasedpolicing.pdf
27. Welsh, BC and Farrington, DP (2008). “Effects of Closed Circuit Television Surveillance on Crime”. Campbell Collaboration. http://campbellcollaboration.org/lib/download/243/ Pp. 1-3, 19-21.
28. Wikstrom, PO, Ceccato, V., Hardie, B. and Treiber, K. (2009). “Activity Fields and the Dynamics of Crime.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 26: 55-87.
29. Williams, A. E., and Ariel, B. (2013). The Bristol Integrated Offender Management Scheme: a Pseudo-Experimental Test of Desistance Theory. Policing, 7(2), 123-134.
30. Young, J. (1980) "Thinking Seriously About Crime" In: Fitzgerald, M., McLennan, G. and Pawson, J. (eds) Crime and Society: Readings in History and Theory, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Available at http://www.malcolmread.co.uk/JockYoung/tsac_v_2003.pdf
Young, J. (2011). The Criminological Imagination. Cambridge

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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