Online Victims of Crime Course

COURSE SYLLABUS: Victims of Crime

Course Title:	CJ350 - Victims of Crime
Department:	Criminal Justice
Instructor:	George Guay, J.D. E-Mail - Vita

Required Texts: Online Bookstore

Crime Victims: An Introduction to Victimology, Fifth Edition, by Andrew Karmen. Wadsworth, 2003/2004. ISBN: 0534616321

Victimology: A study of Crime Victims and their Roles, by Judith M. Sgarzi and Jack McDevitt. Pearson (Prentice Hall), 2002/2003. ISBN: 0134372867

Course Description:

The role of victims in crimes, their treatment by the criminal justice system, their decisions to report crimes and help prosecute offenders, victim assistance, and victim compensation.

Course Requirements:

The final grade will be based on written chapter reviews a student has to prepare on each chapter of material read (70%) and on a research paper (30%)

Academic Dishonesty:

Any form of academic dishonesty is regarded as a very serious violation of college regulations. Any student suspected of engaging in such activity will be subject to the full set of procedures set forth by the college.

Chapter Reviews:

Once a student finishes reading a chapter of material, the student has to prepare a typewritten (double-spaced) review of that chapter.

That review must:

Identify the main theme of the reading in one or two paragraphs
Provide ten points from the reading that support the main theme (with page numbers)
Identify and define five critical terms from the reading
Provide answers to the following questions (two or three paragraphs per question):

Did what you read contradict something that you believe and in what way?

Do you think that what you have read is reliable; why or why not?

In what way did the reading relate to your own experiences.

Complete the Crime Victims textbook first, then proceed on to the second textbook Victimology.

Canyon College is committed to non-discrimination of handicapped persons as specified in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students who qualify as handicapped under this act should notify the instructor at the beginning of the term so that reasonable accommodations can be made when warranted.

Course Outline:

Week:	Main Assignments
Week 1 - 7	Read one chapter at a time in Crime Victims: An Introduction to Victimology, create a review analysis per instructions above, and e-mail the review to the professor. Next, do the same with the second textbook Victimology: A study of Crime Victims and their Roles.
Week 8	Research Paper Due