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CSS211: The Sociology of Crime and Delinquency

Welcome to CSS 211: The Sociology of Crime and Delinquency. This is a 3–credit unit course for students of criminology and security studies. The course is suitable for beginners as a foundation course on the subject matter and concept of crime; and more especially the sources and avenue to learn and commit crime. It highlights the extent, and nature of delinquency, as well as the theoretical explanations of crime and delinquency.

What Will You Learn?

The course content consists of a unit of Course Guide, which informs you briefly on what the course is all about, what course materials you need and how to work with such materials. It also gives you some guideline for the time you are expected to spend on each unit, in order to complete it successfully.

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Teacher Of Course
Dr Ashibi Jacob Eneji
Tutor
Information Of Course
Category
Social Sciences
Duration Time
1 Semester
Level
200 Level
Includes

On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:

a. define the concept of crime and delinquency

b. explain the sources of crime.(why people commit crime)

c. distinguish between crime and delinquency

d. evaluate the community reaction to crime

e. discuss the extent and nature of delinquency

f. examine key theories, in the quest to crime and delinquency.

g. outline the punishment, correction and rehabilitation of criminals.

Course Display
Core
Course Department
Criminology and Security Studies

Course Features

Lessons Of Course

The Concept of Delinquency 06:50
The Concept of Delinquency 06:50
Adolescence, Peer and Delinquency 05:19
Family and Delinquency 05:43
Drug, Youth and Delinquency 05:36
Family Court (Juvenile Court) 04:55
the social Concept of Crime 06:09
the Measurement of crime and its impact 05:51
sources of Learning to Commit crime 05:58
community Reaction to Crime 05:11

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