Crosslisted: AP/SOSC 3657 This course examines the problem of “youth crime” as it has been defined over time and across different national jurisdictions. It focuses on a series of key topics including: (1) the social construction of “youth crime” in both historical and contemporary contexts; (2) the historical emergence of the “juvenile delinquent” and “young […]
Crosslisted: AP/SOSC 3656 This course examines theory and research on punishment. Notwithstanding the emergence of alternative visions of justice in western industrialized nations, when we think of punishment we tend to think of prisons. The nexus between prisons and punishment is remarkably resilient. The course will examine the prison-punishment nexus through critical engagement with a […]
Crosslisted: AP/SOSC 3655 This course explores questions and debates about the relationships between policing, regulation and contested meanings of order. Centrally, the course explores the relationships between state-based policing, policing-at-a-distance, emerging community practices and private regulatory initiatives to ask what it means to talk about policing in a neoliberal risk society. Topics of discussion may […]
Crosslisted: AP/SOSC 3654 This course considers the politics at stake in the crime prevention enterprise. A number of specific crime prevention and security initiatives will be examined with a view to exposing their political foundations. These include: situational crime prevention; crime prevention through environmental design; neighbourhood watch; “broken windows” policing; crime prevention through community development; […]
Crosslisted: AP/SOSC 3652 This course reviews the application of the ethnographic method to the study of crime and policing from the mid-20th century to the present. The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of: (1) the method and practice of ethnography; (2) ethical and political issues that arise as a result of, […]
This course introduces students to the methods commonly employed in criminological research. These include: surveys and questionnaires; field studies and ethnographic research; interviews; archival research; and documentary and textual analysis. The strengths and limitations of each of these methods are considered along with essential questions such as how to design and execute a research project […]
Crosslisted: AP/SOSC 2652 This course is designed to introduce students to the stages of the Canadian criminal justice system, and to selected issues and debates in the administration of justice. Drawing on criminological, sociological and historical resources, the course examines the key stages in the criminal justice process, from how crime is defined to how […]
This course introduces students to the different theoretical approaches and traditions that underlie criminology. Classical, biological, psychological, and sociological theories of crime are compared and contrasted as are more contemporary theories including symbolic interactionism, postmodernism, and critical criminology. The course also examines the connections between theories of crime and the design and implementation of different […]
This course provides students with a general introduction to the field of criminology. Recognizing that “crime” and “criminal justice” are social products rather than objective facts, and acknowledging the various tensions between the image and the reality of crime and criminal justice in our society, the course examines three key topic areas including: (1) the […]