Identify the general principles of psychoanalysis.
• Describe how psychoanalysis applies to criminal behavior.
• List and describe the three dimensions associated with Hans Eysenck's theory of crime and personality.
• Identify some of the key distinctions of the various stages of moral development.
• Describe some of the essential features of attachment theory.
What contributions and conceptual development of social structure theory did Emile Durkheim add to the evolution of this perspective around the turn of the 19th century?
How did his studies show a significant breakthrough in social science?
• Why did Robert K. Merton's theory of strain become popular when it did? How did his idea of the conceptualization of "anomie" differ from Durkheim's?
What types of adaptation to such economic strain did Merton label and define?
How do the ecological principles of invasion, domination, and succession among animals or plants apply to the growth of cities and cause different crime rates among varying regions of a city?
What are some of the bias motivations associated with hate crimes?
• What is some key anti-hate-crime legislation?
• How would you distinguish terrorist activities from more conventional forms of criminal activities?
• What are the various motivations for engaging in terrorist activities?
• What are some of the different organizational structures associated with terrorist groups?
• What are some of the ways terrorist groups finance their activities?
• What is homeland security?
• What are some of the agencies that make up the Department of Homeland Security?
• What are some of the bureaucratic problems associated with the Department of Homeland Security?
• What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
• What are some of the controversial issues related to civil liberties and the efforts to counter terrorism?
Understand and articulate the criteria experts use to distinguish white-collar crime from traditional forms of offending, as well as criticisms of these criteria.
• Understand and articulate the ways corporate crimes harm society in terms of physical and property damage, as well as in weakening the moral fabric of society.
• Understand the impact of corporate violations against the environment.
• Explain the function of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in enforcing labor regulations.
• Appreciate the complexity in defining organized crime.
• Identify key historical events that have influenced and shaped organized crime.
• Discuss the different types of criminal organizations identified by the criminal justice system.
• Identify the various criminal justice responses to organized crime.
• Discuss how different theoretical explanations can be applied to enhance our understanding of organized crime.
• Appreciate the similarities and differences between traditional forms of crime and cybercrime.
• Identify various types of cybercrimes, such as hacking, identity theft, child pornography, Internet fraud, and cyberstalking.
• Appreciate some of the challenges associated with the investigation of cybercrime.
• Discuss some of the legislation that has been enacted to address cybercrime.
• Apply some "traditional" theoretical perspectives to explaining cybercrime.