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Curr. 2021 § 5 (1) 15: This module serves to deepen selected subject areas of sociology. The students specialize in one or more subject(s) and acquire in-depth knowledge in them.

This course is devoted to the discourse of explanations of deviant behavior and the ways society deals with crime. We are particularly interested in the implications for criminal policy that can be derived from the respective explanatory models and, vice versa, in the understanding of crime that becomes visible in developments in criminal policy. The explanations to be discussed range from rational decisions, personal predispositions, social structural causes, socialization aspects to social control and criminalization processes. The ways society deals with crime are also examined on the basis of available data on the dark field, on reported crime and its treatment by the instances of criminal justice control, as well as examples from research practice. 

Lecture, literature studies, student presentations, discussions.

Active participation in the course and the discussions, seminar paper with presentation

to be announced during the seminar

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