This course is designed to give the student detailed information about this nation's crime problem, specifically how crime statistics are collected and the theories that attempt to explain criminality. The course will cover all aspects of the variety of attempts to explain crime. The course will be taught using active learning methods, which means that the student will be responsible for a portion of the course material. The instructor will take roll at the beginning of each class period.
Attendance counts in only a minor way toward one's grade.
Each student has, with five absences, sufficient leeway to account for illness, doctor's appointments. All students should be fully prepared each day. Any day I call on four students in a row who are unprepared, I will retire to my office and the class will be left to read the material and review. No further time will be spent on the material that should have been covered that day. There are no make up exams unless the student sets up an alternative time with me ahead of the test date.