SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY FOR LAWYERS

The course on Sociology begins by introducing students with the subject matter of sociology - covering the definition, historical development, types and sub-fields of sociology, and theoretical perspectives and research methods. It also covers such themes as culture, socialization and society and law, focusing on the relationship between  social  and  legal  systems. Likewise,  it  provides  an  overview  of  social organization, bureaucracy, social institutions and social processes. The  course  on  Criminology  deals  with  the  making  and  breaking  of  law  and society’s reaction to such conduct. It studies crime as an individual and social phenomenon, and its causes and consequences, and provides a general overview of the major criminological theories such as biological, psychological, sociological, differential association, strain and subculture etc on the causes of criminality. The course also deals  with the Ethiopian criminal justice system in general and the constitutional provisions pertaining to the criminal justice system and the justice administration agencies.

In this course, you should be able to:                                                

Ø  Clearly define and explain concepts such as society, culture and socialization.

Ø  Explain the fundamental of Sociology.

Ø  Appreciate the importance of society and law.

Ø  Recognize the relationship between social law and legal systems.

Ø  To understand the social organization, social process and institutions.

Ø  The nature of crime and elements

Ø  To define criminology and its importance

Ø  Analyze the causes and consequences of crime.

Ø  To define theories and causes of crime and criminality.

To know various factors influencing crime.

Part I: Sociology for Lawyers:

Chapter One: The Subject Matter of Sociology.

Objectives:

On completion of this chapter, students should be able to:

· Define sociology, sociological imagination, sociology of law and other key concepts relevant to legal studies, and appreciate the nexus between sociology and law

· Describe and discuss the types and sub-fields of sociology

· Know the concerns of sociology and analyze these with the legal context

1.1.  Conceptual Framework

1.1.1.        The Meaning of   Sociology

1.1.2.         Understanding Sociological Imagination and Sociology of Law

1.2.        Types and Sub-fields of sociology

1.2.1.        Types of sociology

Sub-fields of sociology(Sociology of law, Urban-, rural-, legal-, industrial-, political-,… sociology)

Chapter Two: Introduction to sociological theories and methods.

Objectives:

On completion of chapter two, students should be able to:

·  Define the major sociological theories;

·  Know why sociological theory and research;

·  Write short essay on the functionalism, conflict theory, feminist perspective and interactionism;

·  Discuss the principles, aims, basic components and techniques of sociological research;

·  Explain the principles, aims, basic components and techniques of sociological research by comparing with legal research; and

2.1 Introduction to sociological theories

2.2 Understanding sociological methods

Chapter Three: Culture, Society and Law- an overview.

Objectives:

On completion of chapter three, students should be able to:

· Define culture, socialization, society and explain key concepts that have relevance to legal studies, system and practices.

· Describe and discuss the basic elements and features of culture and society by associating with legal contexts.

· Discuss the relationship and impact of law on society and that of society on law

· Familiarize themselves with the relationship between social system, culture and legal system and appreciate the influence of one over the other.

3.1. Culture and Socialization

 3.2. Society and Law: Features and Impacts

 3.3. Social and Legal systems: Overview and Relationship

 

Chapter Four: Social Organization, Processes and Institutions.

Objectives:

On completion of chapter four, students should be able to:

·       Identify and define the major types of social organizations and discuss the role of law.

·       Familiarize themselves with the major social processes with the legal context.

·       Achieve broader understanding about bureaucracy with its purpose, features and consequences

·       Describe and explain the major social institutions including their features, functions and the place of legal institutions

 4.1. Social Organizations and Bureaucracy

    4.1.1. Types and features of social organizations

    4.1.2. Bureaucracy: Meaning, Purpose and Consequences

 4.2. Social Processes: social structure, relationship/interaction, stratification, mobility, change and inequalities

 4.3. Overview of social institutions: The meaning, features and roles

     4.3.1. Family, Marriage and Divorce.

Part II: Understanding Deviance, Delinquency, Criminology and Correctional Administration for Lawyers:

Chapter five: Deviance, Delinquency and Criminology for Lawyers.

Objectives:

On completion of chapter five, students should be able to:

· Define  and differentiate between deviance, crime, juvenile delinquency, victimology, penology, and criminology;

· Describe the major schools of thoughts of criminology and theories on the causative factors of crime;

· Discuss the measurement of crime and delinquency including the values and sources of criminal statistics;

· Explain victimology, the types of crime problems, criminals and systems of correctional administration or rehabilitation

 

 5.1. Understanding Deviance, Delinquency and the schools of thought of Criminology

     5.1.1. Understanding Deviance, Crime, Delinquency and Criminology

     5.1.2. Major Schools of Thoughts

           5.1.2.1. Classical School

           5.1.2.2. Positivist School

 

5.2 Theories of Crime Causation and Deviance

  5.2.1. Anthropological/Biological Theory

  5.2.2. Ecological Theory/Geography and Ecology as cause of crime and delinquency/

  5.2.3. Psychological Theory

  5.2.4. Sociological Theories

  5.2.5. Economic Theory

 

5.3. Types of Crime problems and Criminals

5.4. Victimology and Measurement of Crime

 5.4.1. What and why do we measure?

 5.4.2. The values and sources of crime statistics

 5.4.3. The state of crime statistics in Ethiopia

Chapter Six: An overview of Correctional Administration and Rehabilitation.

Objectives:

On completion of chapter six, students should be able to:

·    Define correctional administration/rehabilitation;

·    Describe the role of law enforcement agencies in controlling and preventing crime problems and delinquency;

·    Explain the purposes, scopes and  principles of punishment and treatment of offenders

·    Discuss the importance of alternatives to imprisonment/community-based rehabilitation/

6.1. The Meaning, Purpose, and Types of Correctional Administration

6.2. Punishment and Treatment of Offenders: Purpose, Scope, and Principles

Readings and Reference:

o Kirby, M. et al. (1997); Calhoun & Suzanne (1994); Schaefer (2003); Zanden (1993); Timasceff (1976)

· Calhoun & Suzanne (1994); Kirby, M. et al. (1997); Ritzer J(1996); Schaefer(2003); Zanden (1993); Dawson(2002); Saxena (1996)

Sanderson, John (1995); Adler(1995);  Andargatchew(2004& 1988);  Dawson(2002); Timasceff(1976); FDRE (2005); Saxena D.R(1996);

· Ainsworth, P, et al.  (1997). Introduction to Accounting: An integrated Approach. McGraw –Hill: Boston.

· Engda Bayou. (2002). Introduction to Accounting. Mega Publishing Enterprise: Addis Ababa.

· Fees Warren.  Accounting principles. 10th-13th ed. South Western publishing company.

· Fess Warren. Accounting Principles. 14th-17th ed.

· Kamal Gupta, “Fundamental of Auditing,” fourth reprint, mcgraw-Hill, 2000

· Kirby, M. et al. (1997). Sociology in Perspective, Heinemann Educational Publishers, England

· Larry F. Konrath, “Auditing concepts and application,” West publishing company, 1989

· Mehari Haile. (1991). Simplified Bookkeeping and Accounting. Kuraz Agency: Addis Ababa

· Meigs, Whittington, Pany, and Meigs, “Principles of Auditing,” ninth edition, IRWIN, 1989

·   Patrick R. Delney and Irvin N, Gleim, “CPA examination Review,” Wiley, 1992

· Weygandt, Kieso, Kimmel (1999).  Accounting Principles, 5th ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New York.

· William Walter & Richard (1989) modern auditing, fourth edition.

·  Whittington, Pany, Meigs and Meigs (1992), principles of auditing, tenth edition

 

·  Johnson, Alan(1995). The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology, Blackwell Publishers

·  Knafla L. A & Susan W.S B (eds) (1995). Law, Society and the State, University of Toronto Press

·   Wash Dermot & Andria Poole (1997). A Dictionary of Criminology, Universal Book Stall, New Delhi

·   Adler Freda, Cerhard O.W.M & William S.L (1995). Criminology, 2^nd ed, McGraw Hill, New York.

·  Ainsworth, P, et al.  (1997). Introduction to Accounting: An integrated Approach. McGraw –Hill: Boston.

 

·   Fees Warren.  Accounting principles. 10th-13th ed. South Western publishing company

·  Weygandt, Kieso, Kimmel (1999).  Accounting Principles, 5th ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New York.

· Zanden James W.V (1993). Sociology: The Core , 3^rd ed, The Ohio State University