SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Motor Vehicle Theft, Sexual Assault, Centre For Addiction And Mental Health
4 Apr 2012
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Course topics/themes: what is crime & how much crime, crime and representation, criminological theories, selective issues: violent crime, corporate crime, criminal justice system"s response to crime. Evaluation component: courselink participation critical reflection 20, media assignment 20, quizzes (best 10) 30, community engaged learning problem (cel) 5, final exam 25% D2l (web course tools) is a web-based course management system, which will provide access to online articles from the university of guelph"s database. Newspapers (or online digests), as well as popular culture (i. e. music, movies, videos, internet) for sources of media", which provide information about crime and the canadian criminal justice system. Reflection is looking back on experiences; critical reflection is the intentional process of analyzing, reconsidering and questioning experiences within a broader context of issues. Occurs when we analyze and challenge the validity of our presuppositions and assess the appropriateness of our knowledge, understanding and beliefs given our present context (mezirow, 1990)
