Causes of Crime and Delinquency

SOC 312 (3)

Broidy, Lyons, M. Velez, Wood

A survey of criminological theories exploring why some people are more likely to engage in crime than others and why crime rates vary over time and space and across social groups. Attendant policy issues will also be discussed.

Prerequisite: 205 or 211 or 213



Prerequisites / Corequisites

Crime, Public Policy and the Criminal Justice System - SOC 205


Social Problems - SOC 211


Deviance - SOC 213



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