| Jan 4 |
Introduction and Overview of Criminology
(Zoom Recording)
No assigned reading |
| Jan 6 |
Classical Criminology
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Trevino, A. Javier. 1996. “Cesare Beccaria: Legal Reformer.” Pp. 13-20 in The Sociology of Law: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
(2) Radzinowicz, Sir Leon. 1966. Ideology and Crime. New York: Columbia University. Pp. 1-28 |
| Jan 11 |
Definitions of Crime and Criminal Law
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Hagan, John L. 1985. “Defining Crime: An Issue of Morality.” Pp. 3-9 in Modern Criminology: Crime, Criminal Behavior, and Its Control. New York: McGraw-Hill.
(2) Kauzlarich, David, and David O. Friedrichs. 2005. “Definitions of Crime.” Pp. 273-275 in Encyclopedia of Criminology. Edited by Richard Wright and J. Mitchell Miller. New York: Routledge.
(3) Hemmens, Craig. 2005. “Defenses to Criminal Liability: Justifications and Excuses.” Pp. 377-380 in Encyclopedia of Criminology. Edited by Richard Wright and J. Mitchell Miller. New York: Routledge |
| Jan 13 |
Trends in Crime, Violence, Incarceration
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Western, Bruce, and Becky Pettit. 2002. “Beyond Crime and Punishment: Prisons and Inequality.” Contexts 1:37-43.
(2) Baumer, Eric P. and Kevin T. Wolff. 2014. “Evaluating Contemporary Crime Drop(s) in America, New York City, and Many Other Places.” Justice Quarterly 31(1):5-38 |
| Jan 18 |
No Class
No assigned reading |
| Jan 20 |
Measuring Crime and Policing
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Loftin, Colin and David McDowall. 2010. “The Use of Official Records to Measure Crime and Delinquency.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 26(4):527-32.
(2) Ehrenberg, Rachel. 2012. “Reliance on Raw Statistics Makes City Crime Rankings Misleading.” Science News 181(12):9
(3) Bronner, Laura. 2020. “Why Statistics Don’t Capture The Full Extent Of The Systemic Bias In Policing”. FiveThirtyEight. |
| Jan 25 |
Rational Choice and Deterrence 1
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Marshall, Chris E. 2002. “Deterrence Theory.” Pp. 512-515 in Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Edited by D. Levinson. Beverly Hills: Sage
(2) Levitt, Steven D. 2002. “Deterrence.” Pp. 435-450 in Crime: Public Policies for Crime Control. Edited by J.Q. Wilson and J. Petersilia. Oakland, CA: ICS press |
| Jan 27 |
Rational Choice and Deterrence 2
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Sherman, Lawrence W., and Richard A. Berk. 1984. “The Deterrent Effect of Arrest for Domestic Assault.” Pp. 357-361 in Classics of Criminology. Edited by J. E. Jacoby. Prospect Heights: Waveland
(2) Cohen, Lawrence and Marcus Felson. 1979. Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach. American Sociological Review 44 (4): 588-608
Midterm 1 |
| Feb 1 |
Criminal Careers and Selective Incapacitation
(Zoom Recording)
Blumstein, Alfred, and Jacqueline Cohen. 1987. “Characterizing Criminal Careers.” Science 237:985-991 |
| Feb 3 |
Control Theory and the Life Course
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Hirschi, Travis. [1969] 2001. Causes of Delinquency. New Brunswick, N.J: Transaction Publishers. Chapters 1 & 2
(2) Sampson, Robert J., and John H. Laub. 1990. “Crime and Deviance over the Life Course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds.” American Sociological Review 55:609-27. |
| Feb 8 |
Social Disorganization 1
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Sampson, Robert J., and W. Byron Groves. 1989. “Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory.” American Journal of Sociology 94(4):774-802
(2) Shaw and McKay, “Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas.” Pp. 98-104 in Criminological Theory: Past to Present, 4th Ed. Edited by F.T. Cullen and R. Agnew. Oxford University Press: New York. |
| Feb 10 |
Social Disorganization 2
(Zoom Recording)
Peterson, Ruth D., and Lauren J. Krivo. 2010. Divergent Social Worlds. Pp. 1-70 |
| Feb 15 |
No Class
No assigned reading |
| Feb 17 |
Urban Underclass, Social Capital, and Collective Efficacy 1
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Sampson, Robert J., and William J. Wilson. 1994. “Race, Crime and Urban Inequality.” In Crime and Inequality. Edited by J. Hagan and R. Peterson. Stanford: Stanford University Press
(2) Sampson, Robert J. 2006. “Social Ecology and Collective Efficacy Theory.” Pp. 132-140 in The Essential Criminology Reader. Edited by S. Henry and M.M. Lanier. Boulder, CO: Westview. |
| Feb 22 |
Urban Underclass, Social Capital, and Collective Efficacy 2
(Zoom Recording)
Peterson, Ruth D., and Lauren J. Krivo. 2010. Divergent Social Worlds. Pp. 71-125 |
| Feb 24 |
Broken Windows and Collective Efficacy
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Wilson and Kelling. 1982. “Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety.” The Atlantic Monthly, March, pp. 29-38.
(2) Sampson, Robert J. and Stephen W. Raudenbush. 1999. “Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces: A New Look at Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods.” American Journal of Sociology 105(3): 603-651.
(3) Keizer, Kees, Siegwart Lindenberg, and Linda Steg. 2008. “The Spreading of Disorder.” Science 322:1681- 1685
Midterm 2 |
| Mar 1 |
Differential Association and Code of the Street 1
(Zoom Recording)
(1) Matsueda, Ross L. 2001. “Differential Association Theory,” In Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Vol.1, edited by Clifton D. Bryant. New York: Taylor and Francis.
(2) Anderson, Elijah. 1998. “The Social Ecology of Youth Violence.” Pp. 79-104 in Youth Violence. Edited by M. Tonry and M.H. Moore. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
(3) Matsueda, Ross L, Kevin Drakulich and Charis E. Kubrin. 2006. “Race and Neighborhood Codes of Violence.” Pp. 334-336 in The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America, edited by Peterson, Krivo, and Hagan. New York:NYU Press |
| Mar 3 |
Differential Association and Code of the Street 2
(Zoom Recording)
Hagan, John, and Wenona Rymond-Richmond. 2009. Darfur and the Crime of Genocide. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-103 |
| Mar 8 |
Collective Violence 1
(Zoom Recording)
Matsueda, “Differential Social Organization, Collective Action, and Crime.” Crime, Law, and Social Change 46(1-2):3-33 |
| Mar 10 |
Collective Violence 2
(Zoom Recording)
Hagan, John, and Wenona Rymond-Richmond. 2009. Darfur and the Crime of Genocide. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 103-218
Final Exam |
