TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Seek the answer to the question of why the person has committed a crime, 2) Evaluate the studies on the causes of crime in different disciplines, 3) Be aware of the measures to be taken before the crime occurs in the scope of the fight against crime.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	According to Dönmezer ?The subject of criminology is to examine the behavior of the criminal, the justice system as a social fact, the criminal and social environment relations, determine the causes and factors of the crime and seacrch to eliminate the social evil called the crime or identify strategies and techniques to reduce as much as possible? In this lecture, as Dönmezer explains, with the help of different discipline, law school students will try to think about why the person commits a crime, as a result of the discussions that will be held in the lessons, it will be tried to reveal what societies and states can do to reduce the crime.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to criminology 2nd Week Research methods in criminology 3rd Week Physical and hereditary causes allegedly caused crime 4th Week Psychological and psychiatric reasons allegedly caused crime 5th Week Sociological reasons allegedly caused crime 6th Week Crime and perpetrators 7th Week Criminological evaluations of juvenile delinquency 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week The concept of economic crime and its criminological evaluation 10th Week Women's guilt and criminological evaluation 11th Week Criminological evaluations of serial killers 12th Week Criminological evaluations on sexual crimes 13th Week Prevention of crime 14th Week Final Exam
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Doğan Soyaslan, Kriminoloji (Suç ve Ceza Bilimleri), Yetkin Yayınları Timur Demirbaş, Kriminoloji, Seçkin Yayınevi Füsun Sokullu Akıncı, Kriminoloji, Beta Yayınevi
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No