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
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10
14/10/15
19/10/15
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28/10/15
28/10/15
2/11/15
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4/44/15
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9/114/15
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23/11/15
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25/11/15
14/12/15
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15/12/15
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21/12/15
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23/12/15
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28/12/15
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30/12/15
30/12/15
4/1/16
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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
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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):
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Reference text(s):
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Additional reading material:
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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.