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Crime is socially organized
Law, institutions, opportunity, and inequality shape both offending and the way behavior is labeled.
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01:920:222 · Sociology · School 01 — New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences
Criminology is the sociological study of crime, deviance, law, and social responses to offending. Rutgers places it in the Criminal Justice major alongside courses on criminal institutions and justice policy.
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SIRS · 2,106 responses · 2014–2025
Spring 2027
5 open in snapshot · 5 instructors
When it meets
C/D, Livingston, College Avenue, Online
Checked-in sections · current seat counts are unavailable.
MTh 8:30 AM · Livingston · 1 section · 1 open
TTh 7:30 PM · College Avenue · 1 section · 1 open
Online · 1 section · 1 open
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4 units · topic sequence may vary by instructor
The course begins by distinguishing crime, deviance, and law and by asking who defines behavior as criminal.
A criminology survey typically compares individual, social, cultural, and structural explanations for crime; exact theories vary by section.
Students examine how crime and justice are distributed across communities and how race, class, gender, and institutions affect those patterns.
The course connects criminological explanation to policing, punishment, prevention, and debates about justice policy.
Law, institutions, opportunity, and inequality shape both offending and the way behavior is labeled.
Different theories highlight different mechanisms and levels of analysis.
Policing, sentencing, and prevention can alter the patterns they are intended to address.
Crime statistics reflect social behavior, reporting, enforcement, and measurement choices.
Common pitfall
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Keep legal status, social reaction, and norm violation analytically separate.
Common pitfall
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Ask how reporting, enforcement, sampling, and definitions shape the numbers.
Common pitfall
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Move between individual, group, institutional, and structural mechanisms.
5 open · C/D, Livingston, College Avenue, Online
| Section | Status | Instructor | Meeting | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0116716 | Open | Hirschfield | Tuesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at DAV 122; Thursday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at DAV 122DAV 122 | C/D |
| 0216717 | Open | Kevin Dahaghi | Monday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at TIL 264; Thursday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at TIL 264TIL 264 | Livingston |
| 0316718 | Open | Covington | Monday 2:00 PM-3:20 PM at ABW 1170; Wednesday 2:00 PM-3:20 PM at ABW 1170ABW 1170 | College Avenue |
| 0416719 | Open | Gabriel Haro | Tuesday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at ABE 1180; Thursday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at ABE 1180ABE 1180 | College Avenue |
| 9016720 | Open | Landers Michel | ONLINE INSTRUCTION(INTERNET) | Online |
Historical student surveys
Teaching
3.67
Course quality
3.70
Response rate
41.9%
Coverage
61 offerings · 2014–2025
| Instructor | Offerings | Teaching | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanette Covington | 12 | 2.90 | 3.00 |
| Porow Monique | 6 | 4.07 | 4.03 |
| Covington Jeanette | 6 | 2.68 | 2.78 |
| Bateman Michael | 5 | 4.28 | 4.30 |
| Michele Muni | 4 | 4.00 | 4.03 |
| Wenbo Lu | 4 | 3.88 | 3.93 |
Catalog and planning context
Credits
3
Current campuses
C/D, Livingston, College Avenue, Online
Current availability
5 open of 5
Catalog terms
Fall, Spring, Summer
Core codes
SCL, SOEHS
Loaded terms
6
No prerequisite note appears in the checked-in Rutgers catalog snapshots.
No direct degree-list membership appears in the checked-in requirement index.