Criminology: Understanding the Complexities of Crime!
Course Description
Ever wondered what makes a criminal tick? Or how the whole cops-and-courts thing actually work? If those questions keep you up at night (or you’re a major true-crime fan), this is the course for you.
Think of it as your guide to the messy, fascinating, and sometimes surprising world of crime. We’ll cover the theories, and the different kinds of crime out there, and take a good look at the system meant to deal with it all. We’ll even teach you the research tricks of the trade.
Basically, you’ll come out of this course way smarter about crime than when you started. You might even be inspired to do something about it!
What Will You Learn?
- Get the inside scoop on crime and why it happens. We’ll break down why people commit crimes, the different theories out there, and what makes this whole field so fascinating.
- Explore all the different ways crime shows up. From the stuff you see on the news to sneaky white-collar crime, the sneaky online scams, and even how organized crime works – we’ll cover it all.
- See how the ‘system’ really works. We’ll take an honest look at the police, courts, and prisons, and how they all handle crime (or sometimes don’t).
- Learn to think like a crime researcher. Think of this as your toolkit for figuring out crime – we’ll cover the methods, the numbers, and how to do it all with good ethics.
- Tackle the big questions in crime today. How do we stop crime? Does the media hype everything up? What’s the deal with crime going global? Let’s dig into it.
Free
$84.99
