University of Asia Pacific Department of Law and Human Rights Lesson Plan Course Code & Title Law-117 : Criminology, Victimology and Human Rights Violation Semester: 1st year 2nd Semester Teacher: Abdullah Al Noman Office/Room: House # 74/B/1 (6th floor), UAP City Campus Annex Building, Green Road, Dhaka-1205. Consultation/Contact Time: 8.00am to 6:00 pm(excluding the hours indicated for the class hour) Class Hours : Day 1(Monday): 8:00am-8.50am, Room No-603, 9:00am-9.50am, Room No-603, Day 2(Tuesday): 12:00pm-12:50pm, Room No-411 Day 3(Tuesday): 12:00pm-12:50pm, Room No-603, 1.00pm-1.50pm, Room No-603 Email: Mobile: Course Overview: abdullah@uap-bd.edu +8801925730720 This course is designed to explore crime, its context, and especially its causes. Firstly, a foundation will be provided concerning the basic concepts of crime, law, and criminology. Secondly, theories of crime causation will be explored. The etiology or causes of crime are at the heart of this course, with the theories acting as pillars in the class structure. Thirdly, crime typologies will be examined, or the different kinds of crimes most prevalent in our society. Lastly, we will gain an overview of the criminal justice system itself. The intent of this format is to present a balanced perspective on the field of criminology for new students to the discipline. Attention will also be directed to assure inclusion of issues concerning race, gender, and class, which are often overlooked. Definition, Nature and Scope of Criminology ;Crime, Criminology and Criminal Law, History of Criminology; Methods and objectives of the study of Criminology ; Crime data and crime trends; crime and the media. School of Criminology ; Pre-Classical , Classical ( Beccaria, Bentham ), Neo Classical and positive School (Lombroso, Ferri , Garofalo) Causation of Crime: Biological; Psychological; Sociological, Economic Theories of Crime; Geographical and Institutional Factors of Crime. Types of Crime: Violent and property crimes ; white collar and corporate crimes ; drugs and alcohols; human Trafficking ; smuggling of arms, organized crimes; domestic violence ; sexual crime; gender and crimes. Globalization, terrorism and human rights ; cyber crimes ; financial crimes Pornography. Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Corrective Measures; social integration. Crime prevention and community safety: Economics, Sand legal Measures; Social and Legal Measures; Population control; International cooperation mutual legal assistance. Course Outline: The police and the policing ; community policing ; police and crime reduction ; police accountability; State Crime ; crime by law enforcing agencies ; police legitimacy, pluralism ,trust and procedural justice. Course objectives: Each student, upon completion of this course, should be able to recognize, define, and understand core issues in criminology. Additionally, students will gain a working knowledge of the key elements of the content identified as critical to this field of learning. Teaching Method: Lectures, Lab works, assignments, interactive sessions, field trips etc. Prerequisites: N/A Week Class Date 1 12/10/15 12/10/15 13/10/15 14/10/15 Class Schedule Topic Definition of Crime Elements of Crime , Who is a criminal Elements of Crime , Who is a criminal (continued) Different types of crime Reading assignment Work assignment 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14/10/15 19/10/15 19/10/15 20/10/15 21/10/15 21/10/15 26/10/15 26/10/15 27/10/15 28/10/15 28/10/15 2/11/15 2/11/15 3/11/15 4/44/15 4/11/15 9/114/15 9/11/15 10/11/15 11/11/15 11/11/15 16/11/15 16/11/15 17/11/15 18/11/15 18/11/15 23/11/15 23/11/15 24/11/15 25/11/15 25/11/15 14/12/15 14/12/15 15/12/15 16/12/15 16/12/15 21/12/15 21/12/15 22/12/15 23/12/15 23/12/15 28/12/15 28/12/15 29/12/15 11 12 13 30/12/15 30/12/15 4/1/16 4/1/16 5/1/16 6/1/16 6/1/16 11/1/16 11/1/16 12/1/16 13/1/16 13/1/16 18/1/16 18/1/16 19/1/16 20/1/16 20/1/16 Different types of crime (Continued) Crime and morality Crime Statistic in Bangladesh Definition of Criminology Branches of Criminology Branches of Criminology(Continued) Relation of Criminology with other discipline Subject matter of Criminology Importance of study of criminology Role of Criminologists Tutorial No. 1 Classical School of Criminology Classical School of Criminology(Continued) Neo Classical School of Criminology Neo Classical School of Criminology(Continued) Positive School of Criminology Positive School of Criminology(Continued) Socialist School of Criminology Socialist School of Criminology(Continued) Difference between Classical School & Positive School of Criminology Biological Explanations of Crime Biological Explanations of Crime(Continued) Biological Explanations of Crime(Continued) Psychological Explanations of Crime Psychological Explanations of Crime(Continued) Tutorial No. 2 Psychological Explanations of Crime(Continued) Sociological Explanations of Crime Sociological Explanations of Crime(Continued) Sociological Explanations of Crime(Continued) Review Class Mid Term Examination and Winter Vacation What is White Collar Crime Characteristics of White Collar Crime Causes of White Collar Crime Causes of White Collar Crime(continued) Different types of White Collar Crime Meaning of Cyber crime Reason of Cyber crime Different types of Cyber crime Cyber Crime in Bangladesh Cyber Crime Tribunal What is Juvenile Delinquency, Current trends of Juvenile Delinquency Causes of Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Justice System, Necessity of separate justice system for juvenile Causes of Juvenile Delinquency in Bangladesh Juveniles Courts of Bangladesh What is Parole, Origin of Parole Conditions for a Parole Reason behind the Parole Duties of the Parole officer Tutorial No. 3 What is Probation, Development of Probation Conditions of Probation, Duties of Probation Officer Probation in Bangladesh Purpose of Police Organization, Duty of Police Community Policing, Difference between Community Policing & Traditional Policing Vision & Mission of Bangladesh Police Organogram of Bangladesh Police Bangladesh Police & their Role What is Prison Prisoner’ s Rights 14 25//1/16 25/1/16 26/1/16 27/1/16 27/1/16 Types of Prison Prisons of Bangladesh Prisons of Bangladesh Review Class Review Class FINAL EXAM Basic text(s): Reference text(s): Additional reading material: Edwin H Sutherland, Principles of Criminology, (Lippincott, 5th edition, 1955). George B. Vold, Theoretical Criminology, (Oxford University Press, 1998). Prof. N. V. Paranjape, Criminology and Penology, (Central Law Publications, 1973). S.H Rahman Karzon, Theoretical and Applied Criminology , (Pollol Prokashoni, 2010). Monjur Kader, Md. Muajjem Hussain, Criminology, (Kamrul Law Book House, 3rd Edition, 2015) A. F. Muller, Criminology, (Mc Graw Hill, 1996). Ahmed Siddique, Criminology : problems and perspectives, ( State Mutual Book & Periodical Service, Limited, 1990). Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (Please visit http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/) Journal Police Staff College, Bangladesh Special Issue ( Nov 2007 ) of the Bangladesh Journal of Law on Administration of Criminal Justice. Assessment / Assignment Methods: Marks for assessment will be given by the course teacher through class tests, quizzes, assignments, presentation, class performance, class attendance etc. There should be at least (n+1) where ‘n’ is the number of class tests for a course. The course teacher must submit a copy of marks of Assessment (mentioning the fractions in class tests, quizzes etc.) of his course to the Head of the respective departments. Quiz Test: Description of components of assessment (Class test, class participation, midterm, final exams etc) 100% Assessment Marks 30 includes: Class test/ Assignment 10+ Class attendance 10 + Class performance & Viva voce 10. Total Marks 100 includes : Assessment 30 + Midterm examination 20+ Final Examination 50 Grading Systems: Each course has a letter grade equivalent to a certain number of grade points. Letter grades and their corresponding grade points are as follows: Numerical Grade Letter Grade Point Grade 80% and above A+ 4.00 75% to less than 80% A 3.75 70% to less than 75% A+ 3.50 65% to less than 70% B+ 3.25 60% to less than 65% B 3.00 55% to less than 60% B2.75 50% to less than 55% C+ 2.50 45% to less than 50% C 2.25 40% to less than 45% D 2.00 Less than 40% F 0.00 Exemption E -Incomplete I -Satisfactory S -Students’ responsibilities: All students are instructed to attain at least 70% of the total classes. Abdullah Al Noman Lecture Department of Law & Human Rights, UAP What students should do to extract the most out of the course? The students should attain the classes regularly and fulfill their work and reading assignments according to the instructions to extract the most out of the course.