GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

SOCIAL VIOLENCE AND CRIME/2780044

Course Title:	SOCIAL VIOLENCE AND CRIME
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Dr. Suna Başak

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/subasak

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

subasak@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Explain the effects of socio-cultural structure in shaping individual lives and the emergence of widespread insecurity.
Has the scientific and ethical responsibility in identification and solution of the problems in the socio-cultural structure.
Knows to analyze the socio-cultural phenomenon by focusing on both Psychology and Sociology
Thinks critically about social norms, values.
Considers aspects of research ethics.
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-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Different paradigms in analysis of the socio-cultural structure
2. Week	Positivist, Interpretative and Critical Social Science Approach
3. Week	Feminist and Postmodern Research
4. Week	Sociological Theories in Explanation of Crime and Social Deviance
5. Week	Functionalist Theories
6. Week	Interactional Theories
7. Week	Theories of conflict
8. Week	Midterm
9. Week	Theory of Control
10. Week	Gender and Crime
11. Week	Youth and Crime
12. Week	White-collar Crimes
13. Week	Orginized Crime
14. Week	Cyber Crime
15. Week	Crime, Deviance and Social Order
16. Week	Crime statistics in the world and Turkey

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1-Tülin İçli, Türkiye'de Suçlular: Sosyo-kültürel ve Ekonomik Özellikleri, Ankara: Bizim büro Basımevi, (1992). 2-Tülin İçli, Kriminoloji, Ankara: Bizim büro Basımevi, (2001). 3-Anthony Giddens, Sosyoloji, Ankara: Kırmızı Yay., (2008.) 4-John Macionis, Sosyoloji, Ankara, Nobel Yayıncılık,(2012).

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

None

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	1	20
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		40

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	15	3	45
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	15	3	45
Searching in Internet and Library	15	3	45
Designing and Applying Materials	15	3	45
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	2	2
Final and Studying for Final			0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			182
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.28
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Having knowledge about sociology, social policy, political economy, social structure analysis, social change on the advanced level.					X
2	To learn and gain ability to embody concepts such as social status, social role, social identity and social values, gaining in the social structure.					X
3	To understand importance of social work in struggle social exclusion.					X
4	To develop effective policy proposal about social rehabilitation.		X
5	To understand social norms as an component that determine individual behaviours.					X
6	To understand social norms as an component that determines individual behaviours.				X
7	To learn how to reduce the social inequality in the legal relations.	X
8	To define concept of social stratification and evaluate systems of social stratification.					X
9	To produce policies that can be applied for disadvantaged groups.		X
10	To make comparative analysis of Turkish and Western entrepreneurial mentalities.
11	To gain using effectively the concept of social work with a sociological aspect in solving social policy problems.
12	To gain ability to make an analysis on the concepts such crime and violence in the frame of foundation terms as religion, culture, economics which describes social life.					X
13	To learn and use written and non-written grammer rules of Turkish and foreign language on the advanced level.

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