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Law Abiding Behavior

Join this class to gain a comprehensive understanding of crime, criminal justice, and law-abiding behavior. Explore the differences between criminology and criminal justice programs and discuss class assignments, quizzes, and the class survey. Discover what it means to be "law-abiding" and challenge the notion of labeling others as criminals. Gain key insights into the study of crime and crime prevention.

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Law Abiding Behavior

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  1. Law Abiding Behavior Class 1

  2. Administrative • Does everyone have syllabus? • Does anyone have questions about syllabus or course requirements? • Have you had a look at the home page?

  3. Review • Can you explain the difference between a program in criminology and a program in criminal justice?

  4. Today • Further discussion of class assignments, especially quizzes • Class survey – what do we know (or think we know) about crime and crime prevention? • What are “law-abiding” people? • Key Points to Understand from Today

  5. I. Class Assignments - Quizzes • Each quiz will test the reading that has been assigned for that day or the next few days • Will consist of two questions like the sample questions of which you will answer one • How to prepare for the quiz • If you miss a quiz • Why are we using this type of quiz? • Watch out for readings in addition to K&P

  6. II. Class Survey • What do we think we know about crime and crime prevention? • Administer survey • Designed just to test our knowledge of a few items related to crime and the criminal justice system • Expect to administer the same survey at the end of the course

  7. III. Law-Abiding People • What does it mean to be “law-abiding?” • What do we call people who are not “law-abiding?” • Do you consider yourselves to be law-abiding? • So should we consider you folks all to be criminals? • Why not?

  8. IV. Key Points to Understand from Today • Most of us break some laws, some quite frequently • Some of the laws we break frequently are quite serious and breaking them can have really terrible consequences • So, calling others criminals while we consider ourselves not to be criminals is quite arbitrary and inappropriate

  9. Next Time • How do we learn about crime and crime prevention? • How do we study crime? • What are our sources of information?

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