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Understand and Evaluate Crime and Criminal Behavior
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Built from the Wiley title of the same name — professionally edited, technically reviewed, and already relied on by people doing this work.
Source ISBN 9781119773214
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Sejal Learning Systems rebuilt the book as a course: objectives first, then short video, worked examples, and practice with real feedback. It runs on Coursera at your own pace, with a certificate on completion.
Understand and Evaluate Crime and Criminal Behavior is a self-paced online course built from the Wiley title of the same name.
What this course covers
- Introduction
- Part 1: Defining and Measuring Crime
- Chapter 1: Entering the World of Crime
- Chapter 2: What Is Crime?
- Chapter 3: How Crime Is Measured and Why It Matters
- Chapter 4: Helping Those in the Wake of Crime: Victims
- Part 2: Identifying Types of Crime
- Chapter 5: Getting Violent: Crimes of Force
- Chapter 6: Hitting You in the Pocketbook: Property Crimes
- Chapter 7: Dressing Sharp and Stealing Big: White-Collar Crimes
- Chapter 8: A Group Effort: Organized Crime and Gangs
- Chapter 9: Tackling a Worldwide Problem: The Narcotics Trade
- Chapter 10: Front-Page News: Terrorism
- Part 3: Figuring Out Who Commits Crimes and Why
- Chapter 11: What Factors Lead to Crime?
- Chapter 12: Regarding Crime as a Rational Decision: Rational Choice Theory
- Chapter 13: Looking at Society’s Role in Crime
- Chapter 14: Can Your Mind or Body Make You a Criminal?
- Chapter 15: Critical Criminology: Theories off the Beaten Path
- Part 4: Fighting Crime
- Chapter 16: Battling Crime at the Local Level
- Chapter 17: Tackling Crime at the Federal Level
- Chapter 18: Solving Crimes: The Process
- Part 5: Prosecuting and Punishing Crime
- Chapter 19: Seeking Justice in Court: The Players and Their Roles
- Chapter 20: Finding the Truth: Pleading Guilty or Going to Trial
- Chapter 21: Punishing the Guilty: Why and How Society Does It
- Chapter 22: Examining the Juvenile Justice System
- Part 6: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 23: Ten Jobs to Consider in Criminal Justice
- Chapter 24: Ten Notorious, Unsolved Crimes