Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
SOCIAL CRIMINAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANT5702012 2 + 0 2.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals The aim of this course is to cross-cultural comparison of definition of crime and its content, to be under debate of crime and criminal behavior, and the changes in the anthropological criminology discipline in historical process, and to examination of the deterrent and criminal systems that fight against crime in sociocultural context.
Course Content The course will mainly be based on case studies and will be discussed criminology and anthropological criminology differences. The contribution of anthropological criminology to forensic sciences will be learned. Crime and criminal sanctions against crime will be discussed in the historical process and the crimes which can lead to mass deaths will be examined.
Learning Outcomes 1) Know the difference between criminology and anthropological criminology
2) Examine crime related behaviors in anthropological perspective
3) Understand the contribution of anthropological criminology to forensic sciences

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week History of criminal anthropological studies Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Differences between criminology and anthropological criminology and the contribution of anthropological criminology to forensic sciences Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Crime as a social phenomenon Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Crime-related behavior patterns in sociocultural perspective Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Violent behavior: Violence against women Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Violent behavior: Child abuse Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Crime, punishment and justice I Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Crime, punishment and justice II Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Anthropological analysis of criminal sanctions: Death penalty Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Crimes leading to mass deaths I Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Crimes leading to mass deaths II Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week The sanctions fight against crime in Turkey Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week General evaluation and discussion Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week General evaluation and discussion Lecture
Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Galton, F. (1890). Criminal anthropology. Nature, 42(1073), 75.
Hastrup, K. (2003). Violence, suffering and human rights: anthropological reflections. Anthropological Theory, 3(3), 309-323.
Krohn-Hansen, C. (1994). The anthropology of violent interaction. Journal of Anthropological Research, 50(4), 367-381.
Mars, G. (2018). Cheats at work: An anthropology of workplace crime. Routledge.
Merry, S. E. (2009). Human rights and gender violence: Translating international law into local justice. University of Chicago Press.
Nader, L. (Ed.). (1997). Law in Culture and Society: With a New Preface. Univ of California Press.
Riches, D. (1991). Aggression, war, violence: space/time and paradigm. Man, 281-297.
Riches, D. (Ed.). (1986). The anthropology of violence. Blackwell.
Rosen, L. (1989). The anthropology of justice: Law as culture in Islamic society. Cambridge University Press.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY45555
PY55555
PY65555
PY75555

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0 1 2 3 4 5
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 7
Homework 5 1
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 15
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  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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