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JUTCRIME - Criminology

Course content

Note: This course will be given a new code from spring semester 2006, and you will find all relevant information JUR5101 - Criminology

Criminology is the study of crime and its causes and about how society relates to crime. In this analysis Criminology has to deal with some central questions: What are the acts that are defined as crime, in which societies, based on what values? What are the consequences of these definitions? Who are the people performing these acts that are given the meaning of being criminal acts, and how does society react to them? Criminology takes its starting point in acts that are seen as undesirable or offensive, and undertakes a description of these acts.

Further, Criminology discusses the different kinds of reactions these acts and those performing them are met with in society. These societal reactions can take the form of civil-law actions, penal-law actions, medical actions, informal actions or sometimes no action at all. Criminology focuses on the understanding and description of this variety of acts, actors, reactions and consequences. The judicial/crime control perspective in the understanding and analysis of these processes is central to Criminology. As lawyers are especially important in the crime-control/judicial system, it becomes important to describe the problems they meet with, the methods they use and, furthermore, to carry out an evaluation of these methods. By comparing the judicial/crime-control method with other approaches, Criminology attempts to grasp the essence of both the juducial as well as the non-judicial methods.

The study of Criminology is anchored in the social sciences, maintaining strong ties with the humanities.

Learning outcomes

See above regarding requirements and syllabus (detailed course information)

Admission

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Prerequisites

Recommended prior knowledge

3 years of law studies.

Teaching

Lectures/seminars

Exam information

6-hours written exam

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