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Graduate Studies Catalog 2015-2016 
    
Graduate Studies Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COUN/CJ 546 - Advanced Criminological Theory

3 cr.
Critical analysis of criminological theory, including theories that derive from biological, psychological, sociological, geographic, economic, and political perspectives; origins of criminological theory and distinctions between classical and positivist theories discussed; major sources of data for the measurement of crime and victimization analyzed; relationships between theory and criminal justice policy considered.