CJ 3242 - Psychology of Crime

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every semester. Also offered evenings.

This course complements SOC 2750 - Criminology. While Criminology focuses on the social context of crime and criminals, Psychology of Crime takes the biosocial perspective, examining the causes and effects of crime on the biological, psychological, and social levels, as well as the interactions among those levels. Students learn, among other things, biological, psychological, family, neighborhood, and societal risk factors for crime; how criminals think; and how the tendency to commit delinquent and criminal acts develops in the individual.

Prerequisite(s): CJ 1000 and PSY 1100 or PSY 1200 .