Web Assigned Readings
Hardcopy Assigned Readings
Supplementary Readings and Resources
Where We're Actually At

Hardcopy Reading Assignments

Week	Topic(s)	Readings Due
Week 1	Introduction	[Adler, ch.1]
Week 2	What is crime?	Pollock, ch. 1  **Monday, 9/6 - No Class (Labor Day)  [Adler,ch. 10]
Week 3	Measuring crime	Pollock, ch. 3  [Adler,ch.2]
Week 4	The Classical School: Beccaria, Bentham	Pollock,ch. 5 [Adler,ch.3]
Week 5	Psychological & Biological: Lombroso, Akers' Explanations	Pollock, ch. 6 & 8 [Adler,ch. 4]
Week 6	Strain & Cultural Deviance Theories: Merton, Shaw & McKay, Sutherland, Sellin;	[Adler,ch.5]
Week 7	"Catch Up" Week	No assignment.
Week 8	Formation of Subcultures:  Cohen, Cloward & Ohlin, Miller	[Adler, ch.6]
Week 9	Social Control Theory: Hirschi, Sykes & Matza, Reckless	[Adler,ch.7]
Week 10	Targets & Victims of Crime: Cohen & Felson	[Adler,ch.8]
Week 11	Alternative Explanations: Becker, Lemert	[Adler,ch.9]
Week 12	Alternative Explanations: Quinney, Spitzer, Turk, Klein,  Feminist Criminology	Pollock,ch. 6 & 7
Week 13	Crime Typologies	[Adler, ch.11 & 12]
Week 14	Crime Typologies	Pollock, ch. 2-3  [Adler,ch.13-14]
Week 15	Crime: Theory, Policy, Practice	Pollock, ch. 9 Adler, ch.15]
Week 16	Crime: Theory, Policy, Practice	Review

Web Reading Assignments

Week	Topic(s)	Readings
Week 1	Introduction: Learning Theory and Outcomes Assessment	Adler, ch.1 Narrative Teaching: . . .Discourse in Class Class Rules
Week 2	Student Outcome Assessment	Infamous Grades and Letters of Recommendation
Week 3	Measuring the effectiveness of crime prevention	NIJ Report on Preventing Crime Adler notes, ch. 1
Week 4	Classic approaches to crime. Recording learning.	Up soon. Measurement of Learning Authentication of Learning
Week 5	Psychological & Biological: Lombroso, Akers' Explanations	Up soon.
Week 6	Strain & Cultural Deviance Theories: Merton, Shaw & McKay, Sutherland, Sellin;	Up soon.
Week 7	"Catch Up" Week	No assignment.
Week 8	Formation of Subcultures:  Cohen, Cloward & Ohlin, Miller	Up soon.
Week 9	Social Control Theory: Hirschi, Sykes & Matza, Reckless	Up soon.
Week 10	Targets & Victims of Crime: Cohen & Felson	Up soon.
Week 11	Alternative Explanations: Becker, Lemert	Up soon.
Week 12	Alternative Explanations: Quinney, Spitzer, Turk, Klein,  Feminist Criminology	Up soon.
Week 13	Crime Typologies	Up soon.
Week 14	Crime Typologies	Up soon.
Week 15	Crime: Theory, Policy, Practice	Up soon.
Week 16	Crime: Theory, Policy, Practice	Review

Where We're Actually At

Week	Topic(s)	Concepts to Know
Week 1	Ways to Communicate Learning	"dog" letter, doggie bone alternative ways to authenticate what you have learned
Week 2	Tasks You Can Undertakefor a B or an A	How to Get an A or B
Week 3	Measuring the effectiveness of crime prevention	NIJ Report on Preventing Crime Adler notes, ch. 1
Week 4	Classic approaches to crime. Recording learning.	Up soon. Measurement of Learning Authentication of Learning
Week 5	Psychological & Biological: Lombroso, Akers' Explanations	Up soon.
Week 6	Strain & Cultural Deviance Theories: Merton, Shaw & McKay, Sutherland, Sellin;	Up soon.
Week 7	"Catch Up" Week	No assignment.
Week 8	Formation of Subcultures:  Cohen, Cloward & Ohlin, Miller	Up soon.
Week 9	Social Control Theory: Hirschi, Sykes & Matza, Reckless	Up soon.
Week 10	Targets & Victims of Crime: Cohen & Felson	Up soon.
Week 11	Alternative Explanations: Becker, Lemert	Up soon.
Week 12	Alternative Explanations: Quinney, Spitzer, Turk, Klein,  Feminist Criminology	Up soon.
Week 13	Crime Typologies	Up soon.
Week 14	Crime Typologies	Up soon.
Week 15	Crime: Theory, Policy, Practice	Up soon.
Week 16	Crime: Theory, Policy, Practice	Review

Further Readings