Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Law | |||||
| Bachelor | Length of the Programme: 4 | Number of Credits: 240 | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF: Level 6 |
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Law | ||||
| Course Code | HUK 224 | ||||
| Course Title in English | Criminology | ||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Kriminoloji | ||||
| Language of Instruction | TR | ||||
| Type of Course | Lecture | ||||
| Level of Course | Intermediate | ||||
| Semester | |||||
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| Estimated Student Workload | 58 hours per semester | ||||
| Number of Credits | 2 ECTS | ||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | ||||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | None | ||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Registration Restrictions | Undergraduate Students Only | ||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To teach the relationship between crime, perpetrator and victim, principles, theories and views. | ||||
| Course Description | Throughout the course, we will examine the criminological theories including psychological, biological and sociological explanations of crime and criminality, methods, reasons of criminality and its repercussions over legislation process. | ||||
| Course Description in Turkish | Bu dersin temel konuları şunlardır: Kriminoloji teorileri (psikolojik, biyolojik ve sosyolojik dahil olmak üzere), yöntemler, suçlunun konumu, suçun sebepleri, penoloji ve bunların yasama sürecindeki etkileri. |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) Understand the methods in criminology. 2) Learn the causes, consequences and effects of the relationship between crime-victim-perpetrator. 3) Learn the concept of criminality and its social effects. |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1) The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | |||
| 2) The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | |||
| 3) The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | |||
| 4) The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | |||
| 5) The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | |||
| 6) The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | |||
| 7) The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | |||
| 8) The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | |||
| 9) The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | |||
| 10) Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | |||
| 11) The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | |||
| 12) The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | N | |
| 2) | The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | N | |
| 3) | The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | N | |
| 4) | The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | N | |
| 5) | The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | S | Exam |
| 6) | The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | H | Exam |
| 7) | The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | H | Exam |
| 8) | The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | S | Exam |
| 9) | The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | N | |
| 10) | Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | N | |
| 11) | The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | S | Exam |
| 12) | The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. | N |
| Prepared by and Date | , |
| Course Coordinator | GÜÇLÜ AKYÜREK |
| Semester | |
| Name of Instructor | Prof. Dr. GÜÇLÜ AKYÜREK |
Course Contents
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Criminology in general |
| 2) | History of criminology |
| 3) | Method in criminology (I) |
| 4) | Method in criminology (II) |
| 5) | Method in criminology (III) |
| 6) | Causes and theories of crime (I) |
| 7) | Causes and theories of crime (II) |
| 8) | Midterms |
| 9) | The emergence of crime (I) |
| 10) | The emergence of crime (II) |
| 11) | Society and criminality (I) |
| 12) | Society and criminality (II) |
| 13) | Perpetrators |
| 14) | victimology |
| 15) | Finals |
| 16) | Finals |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Timur DEMİRBAŞ, Kriminoloji Füsun SOKULLU-AKINCI, Kriminoloji Mehmet Emin ARTUK / Mehmet Emin ALŞAHİN, Kriminoloji *The latest editions of all books are recommended. | ||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Topics are explained by giving examples from the world and history. | ||||||||||||
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| Course Administration |
akyurekg@mef.edu.tr |
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ECTS Student Workload Estimation
| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 2 | 42 | |||
| Midterm(s) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Final Examination | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Total Workload | 58 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 2.3 | ||||||
| ECTS | 2 | ||||||