Brantford Campus

Criminology Courses

CC100 Introduction to Criminology 0.5

This course introduces students to the discipline of criminology from both a historical and a contemporary perspective. Students will be introduced to classical and contemporary theorists in the field, as well as research methods and disciplinary debates, with a focus on both Canadian and global issues in criminology.

CC101 Social Justice and the Law 0.5

In this course students will be introduced to key areas in social justice, the law and human rights with a focus on Canadian issues, policies, and cases. Students will examine how law and social policy impact upon social inequality and other issues of justice, and the impact of collective action on these issues.

Exclusion: SY204*.

CC200 Youth Justice 0.5

This course is concerned with the young offender, law and society. Topics may include the juvenile justice system in comparative perspective; theories of youth criminality; treatment approaches; youth legislation; and broader societal issues raised by youth deviance and crime.

CC201 Criminology and Contemporary Issues 0.5

This course explores controversial moral, social and political issues and their relationship to deviance, crime and the law. Topics may include suicide, environmental pollution, pornography, medical ethics and AIDS.

CC202 Multiple Murder 0.5

This course explores classic and contemporary theories and research in the field of serial and mass murder. Topics may include specific offender case studies, the psychology of multiple murder, social construction of offenders and victims, and legal responses to multiple murder.

CC203 Women, Law and Crime 0.5

This course explores women, the law and crime. Topics may include gender and criminality, legal systems and law enforcement, and feminist and post-modern theories of criminal activity.

CC204 Aboriginal Peoples and the Law 0.5

An examination of the historical and contemporary treatment of aboriginal peoples under Canada's legal system. Topics may include a review of treaty disputes, native persons in the criminal justice system, and self-government and accountability.

CC221 Applied Scientific Reasoning 0.5

(Cross-listed as CT221 and OL221.)

CC223 Crime in Context 0.5

This course explores the broader context of crime. Topics may include the definition of crime, the creation of criminal justice policy across societies, the interpretation of criminal codes, courts, public attitudes towards crime, aboriginal perspectives on crime, prisons, gender, young offenders, policing, corrections, debates about forensic evidence, and victimology. (Cross-listed as CT223.)

Prerequisite: Two 100 level CT courses.

CC233 Social Science Research Methods I 0.5

(Cross-listed as OL233.)

CC234 Social Science Research Methods II 0.5

(Cross-listed as OL234.)

CC300 Theories of Crime 0.5

An introduction to criminological theory. Topics may include labeling theory, differential association, Marxist theories of crime and moral regulation.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC301 Law, Morality and Punishment 0.5

This course examines issues of morality specifically with reference to Canadian law and systems of punishment.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC302 Crime and the Justice System 0.5

This course explores the justice system in Canada. Topics may include the criminal courts, the judiciary, judicial and police discretion, and historical and contemporary topics in the administration of justice.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC303 Victimology 0.5

Victimology is the study of the victim's experience with the criminal justice system. Topics in this course may include psychological impacts of crime, the process and impact of victimization, legal approaches to victims, services provided to victims, restorative justice and emerging understandings of the victim.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC305 Police and Society 0.5

The institutional context of policing is explored. Students will learn about public and private policing, the historical development of police services, police discretion and accountability, and community policing. The social and political role of the police and police practices in Canada are explored.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC306 Global Justice 0.5

This course examines, from a criminological perspective, issues raised by globalization. Topics may include responses to world poverty, world trade and justice, human rights, the development of international courts and tribunals, global environmental issues, and legal approaches to world issues.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC307 Forensic Investigation 0.5

This course is designed to provide a non-specialist overview of the use and interpretation of physical forensic evidence in courts of law. Topics may include the moral, political and legal issues raised by various kinds of evidence, forensic pathology, blood splatter analysis, underwater recovery, toxicology, cremated remains, staged crime scenes, and "questioned documents." Case studies are used to illustrate these issues.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC308 Corporate Deviance and Crime 0.5

A detailed examination of various forms of corporate and white-collar criminality, which may include the following topics: environmental crimes, government corruption, economic crimes and crimes against consumers. Students will review research, which explores different theoretical perspectives on this kind of criminal behaviour.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC309 Criminal Investigation and Technology 0.5

This course focuses on the criminological issues raised by recent advances in forensic investigation. Topics may include criminal profiling, forensic auditing, psychological assessment of offenders, geographic profiling, designations of dangerousness and treatment issues.

Prerequisite: Two 200 level CC courses and senior student status.

CC400 Advanced Criminological Theory 0.5

An exploration of critical theories of criminology from 1975 to the present including functionalism, critical criminology, left realism, socialist-feminist theories, routine activities theory, postmodernism and integrated theorizing.

Prerequisite: CC300.

CC401 Deviance and Diversity 0.5

This course examines the social construction of deviance and issues of social control, focusing on theory and contemporary research in the field. Topics to be covered may include sexual deviance, gambling, substance abuse and mental illness.

Prerequisite: One 300 level CC course.

Exclusion: SY318*.

CC402 Jurisprudence 0.5

An examination of the sociology of law and jurisprudence, which explores the complex issues which impact on the law in Canada. Topics may include sentencing, the role of law in society, controversial issues in jurisprudence, the role of the judiciary, and the historical evolution of legal systems.

Prerequisite: One 300 level CC course.

CC403 Crime, Media and the Law 0.5

Topics in this course may include depictions of crime in the media, social construction of crime knowledge, fear of crime, selling crime, legal issues in media reporting.

Prerequisite: One 300 level CC course.

CC404 Penology 0.5

This course is concerned with the evolution of systems of punishment in Western society and the effect of prison on inmates, their families and correctional officers. Students will learn about the history and development of the carceral system in historical and international perspective.

Prerequisite: One 300 level CC course.

CC405 Special Topics in Criminology 0.5

Course topics will be determined by the instructor. Generally, the course will explore a specific area of criminological research.

Prerequisite: One 300 level CC course.

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Official electronic version updated at 10:33 a.m. March 31, 2005