Objectives and competences
To enable students to understand and critically assess criminological and victimological theories as well as learn about the development of criminological and victimological thought.
Content (Syllabus outline)
- Development of criminology through history
- An overview of main criminological theories
o biosocial perspectives
o psychological perspectives
o rational choice
o developmental perspectives
o structural perspectives
o social processes
o cultural conflict
o integrative perspectives
- Patterns of crime
o categories of criminal offences
o typologies of criminal offenders
o the meaning of phenomenological categories
- Official crime statistics
o police crime statistics
o court crime statistics
o other sources of information on crime
- Victimology
o foundation and development of victimology
o division of victimological theories
- Crime victim surveys
o ICVS
- Trends in victimology
o studies on victims – victim support
o studies on specific victims of crime (structural violence)
o victimology and crime prevention
o crime, victims and victimization surveys
o challenges of contemporary victimology
- Criminology and penology
- Criminology and crime prevention
Learning and teaching methods
The course will consist of lectures, seminars, discussions, case studies, individual and group projects, and individual consultations with the professor. Assistant will conduct seminars, coursework study visits to institutions (a police station) and NGOs with the students.
During the seminar, students will conduct a more detailed analysis of criminological and victimological contents and present their knowledge and opinions in the form of individual seminar paper.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
- Predmet študente seznani s pomembnejšimi teoretičnimi in praktičnimi koncepti kriminologije in viktimologije.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
- Through case studies and exercises, the course enables students to develop skills for understanding crime and deviance as well as different kinds of victimization.
Readings
- Eman, K. in Hacin, R. (2021). Uvod v kartiranje kriminalitete (1. izd.). Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba.
- Kanduč, Z. (1999). Kriminologija: (stran)poti vede o (stran)poteh. Inštitut za kriminologijo pri Pravni fakulteti.
- Kanduč, Z. (2003). Onkraj zločina in kazni. Študentska založba.
- Kanduč, Z. (2007). Subjekti in objekti (ne)formalne družbene kontrole v kontekstu postmodernih tranzicij. Inštitut za kriminologijo pri Pravni fakulteti.
- Kanduč, Z. (2013). Politika, pravo, ekonomija in kriminal: kriminološke refleksije postmoderne družbe in kulture. Inštitut za kriminologijo pri Pravni fakulteti.
- Meško, G. (1997). Družinske vezi na zatožni klopi?: o kriminalnem življenjskem stilu in o moči in nemoči obravnavanja kriminalnih prestopnikov. Educy.
- Meško, G. (2016). Kriminologija. Fakulteta za varnostne vede.
- Meško, G. in Jere, M. (2012). Crime, criminal justice and criminology in Slovenia. European Journal of Criminology, 9(3), 323–334.
- Šelih, A. in Meško, G. (2011). Slovenian criminology – An overview. V G. Meško, A. Sotlar in J. Winterdyk (ur.), Policing in Central and Eastern Europe – Social control of unconventional deviance: Conference proceedings, [Ljubljana, Slovenia, 22–24 September 2010] (str. 13–33). Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security.
Prerequisits
No special prerequisted required.
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