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Critical Path

Criminology – PFP 150


This Critical Path is the course schedule. It is an important document that lays out
weekly objectives that you are responsible for to ensure your academic success. Save a
copy and refer to it regularly. Also refer to general announcements for regular updates.

Required Textbook: Understanding Crime in Canada, An Introduction to


Criminology : Third Edition (ISBN 978-1-77462-455-5)

Module Topics, Readings, and Activities Due Dates Weight

Module 1: Introduction to Course


Topics:
Introduction to Course
Getting Started
Module 1 Readings: Review the course content and Critical Path
January Quiz 5%
Week 1 Module 1: Understanding Criminology 18th
January Topics: Schools of Thought Throughout History
8th-18th
Readings: Text, Chapter 1
Activities: Quiz 1

Module 2 Module 2: The Changing Boundaries of Criminology


Topics: Classical Criminology January
Week 2 Readings: Text, chapter 3 26th Quiz 5%
January Activities: Quiz 2
19th -26th

Module 3 Module 3: Psychological and Biological perspectives of


criminology
Week 3 Topics: Psychological perspectives
January Readings: Text, chapter 4 February Quiz 5%
27th – Activities: Commence Essay (Outline and format) 2nd
February Quiz 3
2nd

Module 4 Module 4: Sociological Theories of Criminology


Topics:
Weeks 4, Strain, conflict & social control theories of criminology and Midterm
5 &6 labelling (PPT) February Exam:
February Readings: Textbook - Chapter, 5, 6, 7, 8 23rd 20%
3rd – 23rd @11:59PM
Midterm Examination – February 23rd@11:59PM
60 Questions = T/F & Multiple Choice
Note: Questions will be taken from the questions bank
assigned to the required textbook
Module Topics, Readings, and Activities Due Dates Weight

Week 7 Activities: Continue to format Final Essay assignment

Feb 24th to
March 2nd

Week 8 READING WEEK – MARCH 3rd to MARCH 9th

Module 5 Module 5: Strain, Conflict & Social Control Theories of


Criminology
Week 9 Topics: Situational and rational choice theory
March 10th Readings: Text, chapter 9 March 16th Quiz 5%
– 16th Activities: QUIZ 4

Module 6 Module 6: Measuring Criminal Behaviour & Counting Crime


Topics: Statistics on the Criminal Justice System
Week 10 Readings: Text, chapter 2 (This reading will help with the
March 17th assignment)
-23rd
Activities: Analysis Assignment – debatable issues
QUIZ 5

Module 7: Typologies of Crime


Module 7 Topics: Statistics on the Criminal Justice System
Readings: Text, chapters 10, 11, 12 & 13 Due March Analysis
Weeks Activities: 23rd@11:59 assignm
11/12 Complete Research on Assignment # 1 – Counting Crime. PM ent 10%
Submit the Assignment end of the week
March 24th
-April 6th

Week 13 Final Examination - April 13th @11:59PM Exam


20%
April 6th to Final Essay is due. – April 16th @11:59PM
13th Essay
30%
Summary of Graded Course Components

Summary Weight

Total for Quizzes 20%

Total for Midterm Exam 20%

Analysis assignment – Debatable issues 10%

Essay 30%

Total for Final Exam 20%

Total 100%

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