This course for advanced undergraduate students was designed to be taught as an online course with no synchronous meetings over a 10 week term at Western Oregon University.
Included in this course are major ancillary materials: In addition to the OER Text, Instructor used lecture slide decks (not included) discussions, journals, Flippity columns, and an optional study guide via crossword puzzle.
Accessibility Statement: Some videos and audio files lack captions and transcripts.
Attribution and Licensing:
Creator: Curated and Designed by Jenna Rojas (Western Oregon University)
Published: 03/15/2025
Relevance: Course based on CCJ 231 at Western Oregon University
Level: Advanced Undergraduate
License: CC BY NC SA.
List all course-level learning outcomes.
Identify the various categories and typologies of crime and explain how crime rates are recorded.
Understand how methods of measuring crime rates impact the ability of researchers to analyze and understand how crime disproportionately impacts various groups.
Identify key criminological theories (and identify the theorists and researchers commonly associated with those theories) and their policy implications.
Demonstrate the ability to apply criminological theories in real-world contexts (e.g., make connections between real-world experiences/observations and the ideas presented by criminological theorists).