SYLLABUS
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
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Required Text:
Frank E. Hagan (2008). Introduction to Criminology, 6th edition. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publishing.
Recommended Readings:
The recommended readings are grouped by chapters in the textbook and can be
accessed on the student study Web site, www.sagepub.com/HaganStudy. Each
article is online and can be obtained by clicking on it.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: ARTICLES
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Geis, G. (1990). “Crime and Criminal Justice: Where Have We Been, Where Are
We Going?” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 12 (6): 254-263.
Katz, J. (2004). “On Rhetoric and the Politics of Ethnographic Methodology.”
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 595 (9): 280318.
Post, Mezey, Maxwell, and Morales (2002). “The Rape Tax: Tangible and
Intangible Costs of Sexual Violence.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17 (7):
773-782.
Yanich, D. (2005). “Kids, Crime and Local Television News.” Crime and
Delinquency, 51 (1): 103-132.
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINOLOGY: ARTICLES
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Dobash, E., and Dobash, R. (2000). “Evaluating Criminal Justice Interventions for
Domestic Violence.” Crime and Delinquency, 46 (2): 252-270.
Dowden, C., and Andrews, D.A. (1999). “What Works for Female Offenders: A
Meta-Analytic Review.” Crime and Delinquency, 45 (5): 438-452.
Martel, J. (2004). “Policing Criminological Knowledge: The Hazards of
Qualitative Research on Women in Prison.” Theoretical Criminology, 8: 157-189.
Surette, R. (2002). “Self-Reported Copycat Crime Among a Population of Serious
and Violent Juvenile Offenders.” Crime and Delinquency, 48 (1): 46-69.
CHAPTER 3: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS:
ARTICLES
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Bond-Maupin, L. (1998). “That Wasn’t Even Me They Showed: Women as
Criminals on America’s Most Wanted.” Violence Against Women, 4 (2): 30-44.
Eisner, M., and Killias, M. (2004). “Switzerland.” European Journal of
Criminology, 4 (1): 257-293.
Matthews, R., Maume, M., and Miller, W. (201). “Deindustrialization, Economic
Distress and Homicide Rates in Midsized Rustbelt Cities.” Homicide Studies, 5
(5): 83-113.
Sampson, R. (1985). “Race and Criminal Violence.” Crime and Delinquency, 31
(1): 47-82.
CHAPTER 4: EARLY AND CLASSICAL THEORIES: ARTICLES
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Dicristina, B. (2004). “Durkheim’s Theory of Homicide and the Confusion of the
Empirical Literature.” Theoretical Criminology, 8 (1): 57-91.
Gibson, M. (1982). “The ‘Female Offender’ and the Italian School of Criminal
Anthropology.” Journal of European Studies, 12 (9): 155-165.
Mcara, L., and Mcvie, S. (2005). “The Usual Suspects?: Street-life, Young People
and the Police.” Criminal Justice, 5 (2): 5-36.
Myers, M. (2000). “Toward Theoretical Integration.” Theoretical Criminology, 4:
224-225.
CHAPTER 5: POSITIVISTIC THEORIES: BIOLOGICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL: ARTICLES
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Arrigo, B. (2003). “Justice and the Deconstruction of Psychological
Jurisprudence: The Case of Competency to Stand Trial.” Theoretical
Criminology, 7: 55-88.
Ellis, L. (2005). “A Theory Explaining Biological Correlates of Criminality.”
European Journal of Criminology, 2 (2): 287-315.
Kocsis, R. (2003). “Criminal Psychological Profiling: Validities and Abilities.”
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 47
(April): 126-144.
Nelson, S. (1974). “Review Section: Nature/Nurture Revisited: A Review of the
Biological Bases of Conflict.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 18 (6): 285-335.
CHAPTER 6: SOCIOLOGICAL MAINSTREAM THEORIES: ARTICLES
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DeLi, S., and MacKenzie, D.L. (2003). “The Gendered Effects of Adult Social
Bonds on the Criminal Activities of Probationers.” Criminal Justice Review, 28
(9): 278-298.
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Geis, G. (2000). “On the Absence of Self-Control as the Basis for a General
Theory of Crime: A Critique.” Theoretical Criminology, 4 (1): 35-53.
Kazemian, L., and LeBlanc, M. (2004). “Exploring Patterns of Perpetration of
Crime Across the Life Course: Offense and Offender-Based Viewpoints.” Journal
of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 20 (11): 393-415.
Mustaine, E., and Tewksbury, R. (1999). “A Routine Activity Theory Explanation
for Women’s Stalking Victimization.” Violence Against Women, 5 (1): 43-62.
CHAPTER 7: SOCIOLOGICAL CRITICAL THEORIES AND INTEGRATED
THEORIES: ARTICLES
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Coffee, S. (2002). “Folk Devils and Moral Panics: ‘Left Realism’ Reconsidered.”
Crime, Media and Culture, 6: 387-410.
Lemley, E. (2001). “Designing Restorative Justice Policy: An Analytical
Perspective.” Criminal Justice Policy Review, 12 (3): 43-65.
Messerschmidt, J. (1999). “Making Bodies Matter: Adolescent Masculinities, the
Body, and Varieties of Violence.” Theoretical Criminology, 3 (May): 197-220.
Wozniak, J. (2002). “Toward a Theoretical Model of Peacemaking Criminology:
An Essay in Honor of Richard Quinney.” Crime and Delinquency, 48 (4): 204231.
CHAPTER 8: VIOLENT CRIME: ARTICLES
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Bruce, M., Roscigno, V., and McCall, P. (1998). “Structure, Context and Agency
in the Reproduction of Black-on-Black Violence.” Theoretical Criminology, 2
(1): 29-55.
Hagedorn, J. (2005). “The Global Impact of Gangs.” Journal of Contemporary
Criminal Justice, 21 (2): 153-169.
Holmes, S., Tewksbury, R., and Holmes, R. (1999). “Fractured Identity
Syndrome: A New Theory of Serial Murder.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal
Justice, 15 (8): 262-276.
Klein, J. (2006). “An Invisible Problem: Everyday Violence Against Girls in
School.” Theoretical Criminology, 10 (May): 147-177.
CHAPTER 9: PROPERTY CRIME: OCCASIONAL, CONVENTIONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL: ARTICLES
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Gottfredson, D., and Soule, D. (2005). “The Timing of Property Crime, Violent
Crime and Substance Abuse Among Juveniles.” Journal of Research in Crime
and Delinquency, 42 (2): 110-120.
Kearon, T., and Leach, R. (2000). “Invasion of the ‘Body Snatchers’: Burglary
Reconsidered.” Theoretical Criminology, 4: 451-472.
Mendes, S. (2000). “Property Crime and Drug Enforcement in Portugal.”
Criminal Justice Policy Review, 11 (9): 195-216.
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Potchak, M., McGloun, J., and Zgoba, K. (2000). “A Spatial Analysis of Criminal
Effort: Auto Theft in Newark, New Jersey.” Criminal Justice Policy Review, 13
(9): 257-285.
CHAPTER 10: WHITE COLLAR CRIME: OCCUPATIONAL AND
CORPORATE: ARTICLES
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Friedrichs, D. (2002). “Occupational Crime, Occupational Deviance and
Workplace Crime.” Criminal Justice, 2 (3): 243-256.
Gerber, J., and Jensen, E. (2000). “Controlling Transnational Corporations.”
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 44 (6):
692-678.
Kramer, R. (1984). “Is Corporate Crime Serious Crime?: Criminal Justice and
Corporate Crime Control.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 2 (6): 710.
Ruggiero, M., Greenberger, E., and Steinberg, L. (1982). “Occupational Deviance
Among Adolescent Workers.” Youth and Society, 13 (6): 423-445.
CHAPTER 11: POLITICAL CRIME: ARTICLES
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Albini, J. (2001). “Dealing with the Modern Terrorist: The Need for Changes in
Strategies and Tactics in the New War on Terrorism.” Criminal Justice Policy
Review, 12 (12): 255-281.
Bibes, P. (2001). “Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism: Colombia, a
Case Study.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 17: 243-258.
Hamm, M. (2004). “Apocalyptic Violence: The Seduction of Terrorist
Subcultures.” Theoretical Criminology, 8: 323-339.
Shelley, L. (1989). “Human Rights as an International Issue.” The Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science, 506 (11): 42-52.
CHAPTER 12: ORGANIZED CRIME: ARTICLES
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Hagan, F. (1983). “The Organized Crime Continuum: A Further Specification of a
New Conceptual Model.” Criminal Justice Review, 8 (9): 52-57.
Lombardo, R. (2002). “The Black Hand: Terror by Letter in Chicago.” Journal of
Contemporary Criminal Justice, 18 (11): 394-409.
Smith, D. (1980). “Paragons, Pariahs and Pirates: A Spectrum-Based Theory of
Enterprise.” Crime and Delinquency, 26 (7):: 358-396.
Sung, H. (2004). “State Failure, Economic Failure, and Predatory Organized
Crime: A Comparative Analysis.” Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency, 41 (5): 111-129.
CHAPTER 13: PUBLIC ORDER CRIME: ARTICLES
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Bernstein, E. (2001). “The Meaning of Purchase: Desire, Demand and the
Commerce of Sex.” Ethnography, 2: 389-429.
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Miethe, T., Olson, J., and Mitchell, O. (2006). “Specialization and Persistence in
the Arrest Histories of Sex Offenders: A Comparative Analysis of Alternative
Measures and Offense Types.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,
43 (8): 204-229.
Williamson, C., and Cluse-Tolar, T. (2002). “Pimp-Controlled Prostitution.”
Violence Against Women, 8 (9): 1074-1092.
Zgoba, K., and Simon, L. (2005). “Recidivism Rate of Sexual Offenders Up to 7
Years Later: Does Treatment Matter?” Criminal Justice Review, 30 (9): 155-173.
CHAPTER 14: THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: ARTICLES
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Braga, A. (2001). “The Effects of Hot Spots Policing on Crime.” Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 578 (November): 104-125.
MacKenzie, D. (2000). “Evidence-Based Corrections: Identifying What Works.”
Theoretical Criminology, 46 (October): 457-471.
Yili, X., Fiedler, M., and Flaming, K. (2005). “Discovering the Impact of
Community Policing: The Broken Windows Thesis, Collective Efficacy and
Citizens’ Judgment.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 42 (5): 147186.
Zhang, S., Roberts, E., and Callanan, V. (2006). “Preventing Parolees from
Returning to Prison through Community-Based Reintegration.” Crime and
Delinquency, 52 (10): 551-571.
Goals:
The goal of this course is to make the student a more informed critic and analyst
of the world of crime and criminology. It is hoped that by the end of the course
you will be better able to explain why crime takes place (theories), where we get
data on crime (methods), and better analyze the various types of crime. As a
student of criminology, you should develop the ability to better interpret the
changing world of crime, become a more informed citizen, and be better prepared
to enter the world of professional criminology and criminal justice.
Course Requirements:
5 tests = 60 percent of grade
1 10-page term paper on a specific area of criminal behavior = 30 percent of grade
Attendance, class participation = 10 percent of grade
Grading Scale:
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Chronology of Syllabus Readings/Presentations:
* All readings are available on student Web site (www.sagepub.com/HaganStudy
and are recommended.
Topic
Readings
1. Introduction to Criminology
Hagan, Chapter 1,
Geis, Katz, Post, Yanich
2. Research Methods in Criminology
Hagan Chapter 2,
Dobash, Dowden, Martel, Surette
3. General Characteristics of Crime
and Criminals
Hagan Chapter 3,
Bond-Maupin, Eisner, Matthews,
Sampson
4. Early and Classical Theories
Hagan Chapter 4,
DiCristina, Gobson, Mcara, Myers
5. Positivistic Theories:
Biological and Psychological
Hagan Chapter 5,
Arrigo, Ellis, Kocsis, Nelson
6. Sociological Mainstream Theories
Hagan Chapter 6,
DeLi, Geis, Kazemian, Mustaine
7. Sociological Critical and
Integrated Theories
Hagan Chapter 7,
Coffee, Lemley, Messerschmidt,
Wozniak
8. Violent Crime
Hagan Chapter 8
Bruce, Hagedorn, Holmes, Klein
9. Property Crime: Occasional,
Conventional and Professional
Hagan Chapter 9
Gottfredson, Kearon, Mendes,
Potchak
10. White Collar Crime:
Occupational and Corporate
Hagan Chapter 10
Friedrichs, Gerber, Kramer,
Ruggiero
11. Political Crime
Hagan Chapter 11,
Albini, Bibes, Hamm, Shelley
12. Organized Crime
Hagan Chapter 12,
Hagan, Lombardo, Smith, Sung
13. Public Order Crime
Hagan Chapter 13,
Bernstein, Miethe, Williamson,
Zgoba
14. The American Criminal Justice
System
Hagan Chapter 14,
Braga, MacKenzie, Yili, Zhang
*In the case of multiple authors of an article, only the first author was listed in the
syllabus reading list.