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SOCI 2221

Crime and Society

1.0 credits · Undergraduate

Spring 2026

Topics

  • assess a multiplicity of perspectives on the social causes and nature of crime
  • critically evaluate theoretical explanations of crime
  • critically appraise the role of law and other institutional arrangements in society
  • grasp the nature and distribution of crime
  • analyze specific types of crime in Canada, including conventional crime, corporate
  • and political crime
  • appraise the policies and programs that are aimed at combating crime in society
  • Module1 1.Introduction Brooks
  • Definitions of Crime & Deviance
  • & 5 Development of Criminology
  • The Origin & Role of Law in Society
  • A Brief History of Criminology Brooks, (pp: 21-30)
  • Development of Criminological
  • Theories
  • Crime and Criminal Law
  • The Crime Picture in Canada Chahal (O’Grady)
  • The Problem with the Crime Stats
  • Modul2 4.Traditional Sociological Explanations
  • of Crime: Strain, Brooks, (pp: 30-37) &
  • & 12 5. Social Control & Social (pp: 50-54)
  • Disorganization Theories
  • Social Learning & Symbolic Brooks, (pp: 44-50)
  • 13 Interactionist Theories (Labeling)
  • 7. Critical Criminology & Beyond Part I Brooks, (pp: 54-59)
  • Crime Issues Brooks, (pp: 74

Readings

  • Required: 1) Brooks, Carolyn & Bernard Schissel. 2015. Marginality and Condemnation: A Critical Introduction to Criminology (3rd Ed.). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing (LU bookstore prices: print, e-version).
  • Required: 2) Chahal, Walid (Compilation). 2017. Crime and Inequality: Readings for Introduction to Criminology. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing. (LU bookstore prices: print, e-version not available).
  • Recommended: Anderson, Dawn & Barrie. 2009. Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions in Canada (2nd ed.). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Balfour, Gillian & Comack, Elizabeth. 2014. Criminalizing Women: Gender, and (In)justice in Neo-Liberal Times. Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Comack, Elizabeth & Gillian Balfour. 2004. The Power to Criminalize: Violence, Inequality and the Law. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Comack, Elizabeth. 2012. Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Correia, David & Tyler Wall. 2022. Police: A Field Guide. London - New York: Verso.
  • Recommended: Maynard, Robyn. 2025. Chapter 3 (pp: 104-140): “Arrested (In)justice: from the streets to the prison,” and Chapter 4 (pp: 141-154): “Law Enforcement Violence against Black Women: Naming their names, telling their stories.” Policing Black Lives, Revised and Expanded Edition: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present. Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Milward, David. 2022. Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice: A Search for Ways Forward. Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Palmater, Pamela. 2020. Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence. Halifax/Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Reiman, Jeffrey & Paul Leighton. 2023. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison:
  • Recommended: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice. (13th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Recommended: Schissel, Bernard. 2006. Still Blaming Children: Youth Crime, Moral Panics and the Politics of Hate. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Rollings-Magnusson, Sandra (eds.). 2009. Anti-Terrorism: Security and Insecurity after 9/11. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • acy Now, 21, 2021: Verdict of Derek :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0sNg ↗
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  • <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hdd4SvRkho> ↗
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  • Roger Waters (& Sut Jhally) discussing the Doc (1/3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDoQAhMpFJc ↗
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  • - Lara Elbornointernational lawyer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dIL30-LxMQ ↗
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Winter 2025

Topics

  • Upon the successful completion of this course, students
  • assess a multiplicity of perspectives on the social causes and nature of crime
  • evaluate theoretical explanations of crime causation
  • critically appraise the role of law, and other institutional arrangements in society
  • grasp the nature and distribution of crime and deviance
  • analyze specific types of crime in Canada, including conventional crime, corporate
  • and political crime
  • appraise the policies and programs that are aimed at combating crime in society
  • Development of Criminology in Social Justice Perspective
  • Canada
  • Society Brooks, (pp:21-30)
  • A Brief History of Criminology
  • Development of Criminological
  • Theories
  • Crime and Criminal Law
  • 3. The Crime Picture in Canada Chahal (O’Grady)
  • The Problems with the Crime Stats
  • 4. Traditional Sociological
  • Explanations of Crime: Social Strain Brooks, (pp:30-37) &
  • & Week 5 Theories, (pp: 50-54)
  • /. Social Control & Social
  • Disorganization Theories Brooks, (pp: 44-50)Week
  • Social Learning & SymbolicOct.6/8
  • Interactionist Theories (Labeling)
  • 7. Critical Criminology & Beyond, (pp: 65-74)

Readings

  • Required: 1) Brooks, Carolyn & Bernard Schissel. 2015. Marginality and Condemnation: an Introduction to Critical Criminology (3rd Ed.). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing. (LU Bookstore prices: print, e-version).
  • Required: 2) Chahal, Walid (Compilation). 2017. Crime and Inequality: Readings for Introduction to Criminology. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing. (LU Bookstore prices print, e-version not available). Course Focus
  • Recommended: Anderson, Dawn & Barrie. 2009. Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions in Canada (2nd ed.). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Balfour, Gillian & Comack, Elizabeth. 2014. Criminalizing Women: Gender, and (In)justice in Neo-Liberal Times. Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Comack, Elizabeth & Gillian Balfour. 2004. The Power to Criminalize: Violence, Inequality and the Law. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Comack, Elizabeth. 2012. Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: O’Grady, William. 2014. Crime in Canadian Context: Debates and Controversies (3rd ed.).
  • Recommended: Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: Reiman, Jeffrey & Paul Leighton. 2017. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison:
  • Recommended: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice. (11th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Recommended: Schissel, Bernard. 2006. Still Blaming Children: Youth Crime, Moral Panics and the Politics of Hate. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Teeple, Gary. 2009. “Towards a Theory of Terrorism.” In Sandra Rollings Magnusson (eds.). Anti-Terrorism: Security and Insecurity after 9/11. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • See also Tariq Ali’s discussion: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hdd4SvRk ↗
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  • Media Analysis by Alison Weir: http://www.youtube.com/watch? ↗
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Spring 2015

Topics

  • Upon the successful completion of this course, students
  • assess a multiplicity of perspectives on the social causes and nature of crime
  • evaluate theoretical explanations of crime causation
  • critically appraise the role of law, and other institutional arrangements in society
  • grasp the nature and distribution of crime and deviance
  • analyze specific types of crime in Canada, including conventional crime, corporate
  • and political crime
  • deviance in society
  • Case Studies [Reserve]
  • 1. Introduction O’Grady
  • Definitions of Crime & Deviance
  • Development of Criminology
  • 2. The Origin & Role of Law in Society O’Grady
  • Crime Perspectives
  • 3. The Crime Picture in Canada O’Grady, Case studies: Anderson (TBA)
  • The Problems with the Crime Stats
  • 13 4. Traditional Sociological Explanations O’Grady
  • Brooks, Case studies: Anderson (TBA)
  • of Crime 1 (pp:23-31)
  • 5. The Emergence of Pluralist Theories Brooks, Case studies: Anderson (TBA)
  • in Criminology
  • 6. Critical Criminology Brooks
  • 7. Crime, Social Exclusion & O’Grady, Case Study: Brooks
  • Victimization
  • Marginalization & Wrongful Anderson, Case studies: Anderson (TBA)

Readings

  • Anderson, Dawn & Barrie. (2009—Chapter: I—pp. 7-25). Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions in Canada (2nd eds.). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Balfour, Gillian & Comack, Elizabeth (2014--Chapters I—pp. 12-46). Criminalizing Women: Gender, and (In)justice in Neo-Liberal Times (2nd eds.). Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Pub.
  • Brooks, Carolyn & Bernard Schissel. (2008—Chapters: I-III—pp.23-79). Marginality and Condemnation: an Introduction to Critical Criminology (2nd ed.). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Comack, Elizabeth & Gillian Balfour. (2004—Chapters: I &II—pp. 9-19; 32-49). The Power to Criminalize: Violence, Inequality and the Law. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Comack, Elizabeth. (2012—Chapters: I & II; VIII—pp. 23-26; 27-35 & 56-65; 219-234). Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police. Halifax: Fernwood Pub.
  • Gary Teeple (2009—Chapter II—pp. 32-58), in Sandra Rollings-Magnusson (eds.). Anti- Terrorism: Security and Insecurity after 9/11. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Schissel, Bernard. (2006—Chapters: I & II—pp. 13-38). Still Blaming Children: Youth Crime, Moral Panics and the Politics of Hate. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Ali, Tariq. 2003. Bush in Babylon: the Recolonization of Iraq. London: Verso.
  • Comack, Elizabeth. 1996. Women in Trouble. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Friel, Howard and Richard Falk. 2004. The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy. London: Verso.
  • Gabor. Thomas. March 31, 2004. “The Views of Canadian Scholars on the Impact of the Anti Terrorism Act.” University of Ottawa, Department of Criminology. <
  • Mannette, Joy. 1992. Elusive Justice: Beyond the Marshall Inquiry. Halifax Fernwood Publishing.
  • Quinney, Richard and John Wildeman. 1990. The Problem of Crime: A Peace and Social Justice Perspective (3rd ed.). California: Mayfield Publishing Company.
  • Reiman, Jeffrey & Paul Leighton. 2013. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice. (10th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.
  • Simon, R. David. 2007. Elite Deviance (9th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Smart, C. 1976. Women, Crime and Criminology: A Feminist Critique. London Routledge and Kegan Paul.
  • Snider, L. 1993. Bad Business: Corporate Crime in Canada. Scarborough: Nelson Canada.
  • Taylor, Ian. Paul Walton, and Jock Young. 1975. Critical Criminology. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
  • Wardlaw, Grant. 1982. Political Terrorism: Theory, Tactics and Counter-Measures. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Worcester, Kenton, Sally A. Bermanzohn, and Mark Ungar. 2002. Violence and Politics: Globalization’s Paradox. New York: Routledge.
  • http://www.youtube.com/ ↗
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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hdd4SvRkho ↗
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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS0L8mQF ↗
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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ev3xSrmtao ↗
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Winter 2014

Topics

  • Upon the successful completion of this course, students
  • assess a multiplicity of perspectives on the social causes and nature of crime
  • evaluate theoretical explanations of crime causation
  • critically appraise the role of law, and other institutional arrangements in society
  • grasp the nature and distribution of crime and deviance
  • analyze specific types of crime in Canada, including conventional crime, corporate
  • and political crime
  • deviance in society
  • Case Studies [Reserve]
  • Introduction O’Grady
  • Definitions of Crime & Deviance
  • Development of Criminology
  • The Origin & Role of Law in Society O’Grady
  • Crime Perspectives
  • 3. The Crime Picture in Canada O’Grady
  • & - The Problems with the Crime Stats Case studies: Anderson (TBA)
  • 4. Traditional Sociological Explanations O’Grady
  • Brooks, Case studies: Anderson (TBA)
  • of Crime (pp:23-31)
  • The Emergence of Pluralist Theories Brooks, Case studies: Anderson (TBA)
  • in Criminology
  • 6. Critical Criminology Brooks, Case studies: Anderson (TBA)
  • Crime, Social Exclusion & O’Grady, Case Study: Brooks, chapter
  • Victimization 12 [Reserve]
  • Marginalization & Wrongful Anderson, Case studies: Anderson (TBA)

Readings

  • Anderson, Dawn & Barrie. (2009—Chapter: I—pp. 7-25). Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions in Canada (2nd ed.). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Brooks, Carolyn & Bernard Schissel. (2008—Chapters: I-III—pp.23-79). Marginality and Condemnation: an Introduction to Critical Criminology (2nd ed.). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Comack, Elizabeth & Gillian Balfour. (2004—Chapters: I &II—pp. 9-19; 32-49). The Power to Criminalize: Violence, Inequality and the Law. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Comack, Elizabeth. (2012—Chapters: I & II; VIII—pp. 23-26; 27-35 & 56-65; 219-234). Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Gary Teeple (2009—Chapter II—pp. 32-58), in Sandra Rollings-Magnusson (eds.). Anti- Terrorism: Security and Insecurity after 9/11. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Schissel, Bernard. (2006—Chapters: I & II—pp. 13-38). Still Blaming Children: Youth Crime, Moral Panics and the Politics of Hate. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Ali, Tariq. 2003. Bush in Babylon: the Recolonization of Iraq. London: Verso.
  • Comack, Elizabeth. 1996. Women in Trouble. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Friel, Howard and Richard Falk. 2004. The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy. London: Verso.
  • Gabor. Thomas. March 31, 2004. “The Views of Canadian Scholars on the Impact of the Anti Terrorism Act.” University of Ottawa, Department of Criminology. <
  • Mannette, Joy. 1992. Elusive Justice: Beyond the Marshall Inquiry. Halifax Fernwood Publishing.
  • Quinney, Richard and John Wildeman. 1990. The Problem of Crime: A Peace and Social Justice Perspective (3rd ed.). California: Mayfield Publishing Company.
  • Reiman, Jeffrey & Paul Leighton. 2013. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice. (10th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson.
  • Simon, R. David. 2007. Elite Deviance (9th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Smart, C. 1976. Women, Crime and Criminology: A Feminist Critique. London Routledge and Kegan Paul.
  • Snider, L. 1993. Bad Business: Corporate Crime in Canada. Scarborough: Nelson Canada.
  • Taylor, Ian. Paul Walton, and Jock Young. 1975. Critical Criminology. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
  • Wardlaw, Grant. 1982. Political Terrorism: Theory, Tactics and Counter-Measures. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Worcester, Kenton, Sally A. Bermanzohn, and Mark Ungar. 2002. Violence and Politics: Globalization’s Paradox. New York: Routledge.
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfYuxn3Lj0o ↗
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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hdd4SvRkho ↗
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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS0L8mQFRAk ↗
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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ev3xSrmtao ↗
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