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PRIVATE SECURITY AND PROTECTION (TURKISH)
Associate TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 QF-EHEA: Short Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
LAW2033 Criminology Spring
Fall
0 2 1 4
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Associate (Short Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET SİNAN ALTUNÇ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET SİNAN ALTUNÇ
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Giving information on the subjects of crime and criminal, studying the reasons of the causes of the crime and the methods of the struggling with the criminality, studying the subjects of the offender and the victim.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Have the knowledge on the causes of the crime.
Have the knowledge on the instruments used for struggling with the criminality.
Evaluate the criminality in the light of the science of criminology.
Can make criminological evaluations about different types of criminalities.

Course Content

Crime and Criminology
Method for studying crime and criminality
History of the criminology
Offender and victim
Control
Types of criminality

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction Method in criminology
2) Crime and criminology
3) Historical development of criminology
4) Historical development of criminology
5) Schools in criminology
6) Criminal/delinquent
7) Victim
8) Control Concept of social control
9) Sexual crimes
10) Organized crimes
11) Terrorism
12) Drug related crimes
13) Environmental crimes
14) Review

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Timur Demirbaş, Kriminoloji
Sulhi Dönmezer, Kriminoloji
References: Füsun Sokullu Akıncı, Kriminoloji
Öztekin Tosun Suçluların Gözlemi
Raymond Gassin, Criminologie
Maurice Cusson, La criminologie
Christian Debuyst / Françoise Digneffe / Alvaro P. Pires, Histoire des savoirs sur le crime et la peine

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 70
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 70
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 16 2 32
Midterms 1 20 20
Final 1 40 40
Total Workload 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Upon the completion of the program, the students will be able to; Utilize the theoretical information they have acquired in private security sector
2) Develop the skill of working in a team cooperatively
3) Develop the skill of identifying and analyzing the vocational problems of private security and resolving them effectively.
4) Develop the behavioral consciousness of occupational ethics and sense of responsibility
5) Develop an awareness for life long learning and physical progress
6) Develop the skill of having information about daily problems and developments about private security.
7) Comprehend the laws and regulations of the sector.
8) Develop the skill of effective communication.
9) Develop the skill of adopting the security technologies.
10) Develop the skill of planning and practicing vocational processes.
11) Develop the skill of having entrepreneurship personality
12) Develop the skill of communicating in the private security sector in a foreign language.