Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies


Faculty List (Undergraduate only)

Professors Emeriti
A.N. Doob, AB, PhD, FRSC
R. Gartner, BA, MS, PhD
† P.H. Solomon, MA, PhD
M. Valverde, BA, MA, PhD, FRSC

Professor and Director
K. Clarke, M.A., M.Phil., M.S.L, PhD

Professors
K. Hannah-Moffat, BA, MA, PhD
S. Wortley, MA, PhD

Associate Professors
C. Evans, BA, MA, PhD
B. Jauregui, BA, MA, PhD
M. Light, AB, MA, JD, PhD

Assistant Professors
A. Laniyonu, BA, MA, PhD

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
K. Taylor, BES, LLB, DJur
 

† Cross-appointed

Introduction

The Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies (CrimSL) is a research and teaching unit at the University of Toronto. Founded in 1963 by Prof. John Edwards, CrimSL faculty and students study crime, justice, and governance through law from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and theoretical approaches. With backgrounds in sociology, anthropology, history, law, psychology, philosophy and political science, the faculty are actively engaged in Canadian and international criminological and sociolegal research. The CrimSL library (the Criminology Information Service) houses the leading Canadian research collection of criminological material, consisting of more than 25,000 books, journals, government reports, statistical sources and other documents.

The Criminology and Sociolegal Studies program incorporates theory, research methods, and knowledge from a wide range of disciplines. The program provides students with a sound foundation for the understanding of crime and the administration of justice in Canada and abroad, and, more generally, the processes of social order and disorder. The curriculum also responds to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action by offering courses in Indigenous peoples and criminal justice and Indigenous law, as well as incorporating attention to Indigeneity in other courses. Most students combine their studies in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies with programs in Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.

People with backgrounds in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies are found working in Correctional Services, Law Enforcement, Courts, Government departments, NGOs and other settings. Some careers in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies require additional education and experience beyond the undergraduate level. Please visit our website for other program resources and course forms.

Undergraduate Program Office | Criminology and Sociolegal Studies (416-946-3237)
Canadiana Gallery Second Floor, Room 231 | 14 Queen’s Park Crescent West | Toronto ON M5S 3K9

Email: crimsl.undergrad@utoronto.ca

Website: https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/

Regarding Criminology and Sociolegal Programs

Note 1. Enrolment in criminology programs is limited. Achieving the minimum required marks does not necessarily guarantee admission to the program in any given year. Requests for admission will be considered in the first program request period only. For detailed program application instructions, please consult the Arts & Science Program Toolkit. Do not change your program after Year 3 if you are required to complete your degree in four years as prerequisites and program requirements will not be waived. Due to the limited enrolment nature of this program students are strongly advised to enrol in backup programs.

Note 2. CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI215H1, CRI225H1, CRI350H1 must be completed on the St. George Campus. Transfer and second-degree students may have received transfer credits that can potentially count towards Criminology programs subject to the approval of the Undergraduate Coordinator. Transfer and second-degree students should contact crimsl.undergrad@utoronto.ca.

Criminology and Sociolegal Studies Programs

Criminology and Sociolegal Studies - Specialist (Arts Program) - ASSPE0826

Enrolment Requirements:

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 9.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. Note there are different options depending on whether a student has completed between 9.0 and 13.5 credits, or 14.0 or more credits.

For students who have completed between 9.0 and 13.5 credits:

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

For reasons of limited capacity, applicants with a final grade average lower than 80% in these required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum final grade average does not guarantee admission to the program.

Special Requirement

  • Student must be enrolled in the Criminology and Sociolegal Studies Major (ASMAJ0826)

For students who have completed 14.0 or more credits:

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a final grade average lower than 80% in these required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum final grade average does not guarantee admission to the program.

Special Requirement

  • Student must be enrolled in the Criminology and Sociolegal Studies Major (ASMAJ0826)

Notes:

  • Requests for admission will be considered in the first program request period only.
  • Due to the limited enrolment nature of this program students are strongly advised to plan to enroll in backup programs.
Completion Requirements:

Each course requirement is individual and cannot be used more than once.

Total credits: 11.0 of which 7.0 credits must be CRI courses (including 3.0 credits at the 300+ level and 1.0 credit at the 400-level).

  1. 2.0 credits from ECO/HIS/PHL/POL/PSY/SOC
  2. All of CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI215H1, CRI225H1, CRI335H1, CRI340H1, CRI350H1
  3. At least 3.0 credits from Group A
  4. At least 1.0 credit from Group B
  5. Additional credits (excluding those already counted) from Groups A, B or C for a total of 11.0 credits

Note: Students may use a maximum of 1.0 credit from Independent Study courses and 1.0 credit from Research Participation courses towards the Criminology & Sociolegal Studies program.

Group A: CRI300H1/​​ CRI322H1/​ CRI343H1/​ CRI345H1/​ CRI364H1/​​ CRI365H1/​​ CRI370H1/​​ CRI380H1/​​ CRI383H1/​​ CRI385H1/​​ CRI386H1/​ CRI390H1/​​ CRI391H1/​​ CRI392H1/​​ CRI393H1/​​ CRI394H1/​​ CRI395H1/​​ CRI396H1/​​ CRI450H1

Group B: CRI420H1/​ CRI422H1/​ CRI425H1/​ CRI427H1/​ CRI428H1/​ CRI429H1/​ CRI431H1/​ CRI435H1/​ CRI480H1/​ CRI487H1/​ CRI490H1/​ CRI491H1/​ CRI492H1/​ CRI493H1/​ CRI494H1/​ CRI498H1

Group C: HIS324H1/​ HIS375H1/​ HIS411H1/​​ PHL271H1/​​ PHL370H1/​​ PSY201H1/​ PSY202H1/​ PSY220H1/​​ PSY240H1/​​ PSY328H1/​​ SOC205H1/​​ SOC212H1/​​ SOC313H1/​​ SOC315H1/​​ SOC413H1/​​ TRN412H1/​​ CRI389Y0

Note about non CRI courses:

  1. Group C courses are offered by other departments. Registration in these courses may be available only to students who have completed specified prerequisites and/or are enrolled in a program sponsored by the department offering the course. Course enrolment conditions are listed in the Arts and Science timetable. Course descriptions, prerequisites, corequisites and exclusions are listed in the Calendar.
  2. Students who have completed criminology/sociolegal type courses in the Faculty of Arts and Science that are not included in Group C may email the Program Coordinator to find out if the courses can be used towards the Group C program requirements.

Criminology and Sociolegal Studies - Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ0826

Enrolment Requirements:

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

  • 2.0 credits from ECO, HIS, PHL, POL, PSY, or SOC courses (any course level and combination)

For reasons of limited capacity, applicants with a final grade average lower than 70% in these required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum final grade average does not guarantee admission to the program.

Notes:

  • Requests for admission will be considered in the first program request period only.
  • Due to the limited enrolment nature of this program students are strongly advised to plan to enroll in backup programs.
Completion Requirements:

Students must complete a total of 8.0 credits including a minimum of 2.0 credits from 300+level CRI courses, of these 0.5 CRI credit must be at the 400-level.

  1. 2.0 credits from ECO/HIS/PHL/POL/PSY/SOC
  2. All of CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI215H1, CRI225H1
  3. At least 2.0 credits at the 300+ level from Group A, at least 0.5 credit must be at the 400-level
  4. At least 0.5 credit from Group B
  5. Additional courses (excluding those already counted) from Groups A and C for a total of 8.0 credits

Note: Students may use a maximum of 1.0 credit from Independent Study courses and 1.0 credit from Research Participation courses towards the Criminology & Sociolegal Studies program.

Group A: CRI300H1/​​ CRI322H1/​ CRI335H1/​​ CRI340H1/​​ CRI343H1/​​ CRI345H1/​ CRI364H1/​​ CRI365H1/​​ CRI370H1/​​ CRI380H1/​​ CRI383H1/​​ CRI385H1/​​ CRI386H1/​​ CRI390H1/​​ CRI391H1/​​ CRI392H1/​​ CRI393H1/​​ CRI394H1/​​ CRI395H1/​​ CRI396H1/​​ CRI420H1/​​ CRI422H1/​​ CRI425H1/​​ CRI427H1/​​ CRI428H1/​​ CRI429H1/​​ CRI431H1/​​ CRI435H1/​​ CRI480H1/​​ CRI487H1/​​ CRI490H1/​​ CRI491H1/​​ CRI492H1/​ CRI493H1/​ CRI494H1/​ CRI498H1

Group B: PSY201H1/​​ PSY202H1/​ SOC202H1/​​ CRI350H1

Group C: HIS375H1/​ HIS411H1/​​ PHL271H1/​​ PHL370H1/​​ PSY220H1/​​ PSY240H1/​​ PSY328H1/​​ SOC205H1/​​ SOC212H1/​ SOC313H1/​​ SOC315H1/​​ SOC413H1/​​ TRN412H1/​​ CRI389Y0

Important Notes:

  1. Group C Courses: These courses are offered by other academic units. Registration in these courses may be available only to students who have completed specified prerequisites and/or are enrolled in a program sponsored by the academic unit offering the course. Check the Faculty of Arts and Science's timetable for details.
  2. Students who have completed criminology/sociolegal type courses in the Faculty of Arts and Science (not included in Group C) may email the Program Coordinator to find out if theses courses can be used towards the Group C requirements.

Not all courses are offered every year. Please check the timetable for current course offerings and enrolment restrictions/conditions. Students without course prerequisites may be removed at any time during the enrolment period. Course descriptions, prerequisites, corequisites and exclusions are listed below.

Criminology and Sociolegal Studies Courses

CRI205H1 - Introduction to Criminology

Hours: 24L/12T

An introduction to the study of crime and criminal behaviour. The concept of crime, the process of law formation, and the academic domain of criminology. Theories of crime causation, methodologies used by criminologists, and the complex relationship between crime, the media and modern politics.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: 2.0 credits from ECO/HIS/PHL/POL/PSY/SOC with a combined average of at least 70%
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI210H1 - Criminal Justice

Hours: 24L/12T

An introduction to the Canadian criminal justice system. The institutions established by government to respond to crime and control it; how they operate, and the larger function they serve; including the role of the police, the trial process, courts and juries, sentencing, imprisonment and community corrections.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI215H1 - Introduction to Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 24L/12T

The course covers several major issues that will help prepare students for advanced courses in the criminology major: the meaning of law, the production of laws and legal institutions, law in action, comparative legal traditions, and the methodology of sociolegal studies.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: 2.0 credits from ECO/HIS/PHL/POL/PSY/SOC with a combined average of at least 70%
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI225H1 - Criminal Law

Hours: 24L/12T

The main principles and themes of Canadian criminal law; legal definitions of crime, requirements of a criminal act (actus reus), criminal intention (mens rea), causation and defences. The origins, goals and functioning of criminal law, and limits on the power of the state to criminalize behaviour.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: 2.0 credits from ECO/ HIS/ PHL/ POL/ PSY/ SOC with a combined average of at least 70%
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI299Y1 - Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities…. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

CRI300H1 - Theories of Criminal Justice

Hours: 36L

A survey of the evolution of normative theories of criminal justice, which examines how major theorists from the Enlightenment to the contemporary period have understood the normative justification for criminal prohibition and punishment. Although the course focuses on western political philosophy and social science, there will also be some attention to theories of criminal justice in selected non-western traditions.

Prerequisite: ( CRI205H1 and CRI225H1) or 1.0 credit at the 300+ level from HIS/PHL/POL/SOC
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI322H1 - Inequality and Criminal Justice

Hours: 36L

This course examines the intersections between social inequality and the criminal justice system in Canada and internationally. The course explores how factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and religion influence perceptions of and experiences with crime and criminal justice.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, SOC212H1
Exclusion: CRI391H1 (Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies: Inequality and Criminal Justice) offered in Winter 2018, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2020, SOC322H5
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI335H1 - Policing

Hours: 36L

A theoretical framework is developed to examine the nature of policing, its structure and function. Attention is given to the history of policing as a global form of social practice. We examine the perspectives of both “the police” and “the policed”, as well as the objectives, domains, strategies, and authority of contemporary policing, including decision-making, organizational culture, and accountability.

Prerequisite: CRI210H1/ CRI215H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI340H1 - Punishment: Theory and Practice

Hours: 36L

The study of punishment from historical and philosophical perspectives, with a focus on contemporary Canadian policy issues. Topics covered include penal theory, prisons and non-carceral forms of punishment, and the goals of penal reform.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI343H1 - Comparative Criminal Justice

Hours: 36L

Criminal justice issues outside Canada, based on a variety of international and historical studies. The evolution of criminal justice systems in Western Europe, including the English adversarial and continental European inquisitorial approaches. A comparison of policing, criminal procedure, forms of punishment, and crime rates in the contemporary world.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI345H1 - History of Criminal Justice

Hours: 36L

The course offers a historical perspective on the development of the legal doctrines, professions and institutions that define criminal justice in Canada and the broader common law world today. Topics include the shift from medieval trial by ordeal and torture to the modern reliance on expert witnesses and forensic science; the emergence of the adversarial trial; the growth of the legal profession; the birth of policing; the rise of the penitentiary; and the changing fortunes of the death penalty. The course focuses primarily on the period from the eighteenth century to the present. Students will be introduced to historical debates and ways of thinking and writing about law and crime. We will explore how culture, politics, economics and social life are essential to how we understand the foundational elements of criminal justice, including concepts of truth, guilt, legitimacy, fairness and violence.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI215H1, CRI210H1, SOC212H1, SOC313H1, HIS268H1, any HIS 300+ level course. Any course combination from this list is acceptable.
Exclusion: CRI392H1 (Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies: History of Criminal Justice in the Common Law World) offered in Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI350H1 - Understanding Criminological Research

Hours: 36L

An introduction to social science research methods used by criminologists and to the statistical analysis of criminological data. An understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of published criminological research is developed. Specific technical issues related to sampling, measurement, and data analysis are taught in the context of examining ways of answering research questions.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1, CRI210H1
Exclusion: SOC200H1, SOC200Y1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI364H1 - Indigenous Peoples & Criminal Justice

Hours: 36L

An introduction to issues affecting Indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system identified by Indigenous scholars, activists and allies. Topics include: effects of colonization, legal discrimination and disenfranchisement, Treaties and land claims, criminalization, Indigenous activism, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI215H1, CRI225H1
Exclusion: CRI394H1 Topics: Indigenous Peoples & Criminal Justice taken in 20171
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI365H1 - Crime and Mind

Hours: 36L

Legal, psychological and sociological understandings of issues in the criminal justice system, through a consideration of topics including: criminal intent, the Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder defence, the use of battered woman syndrome as part of a self-defence, infanticide, issues of transcultural psychiatry, and jury screening for bias.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI370H1 - Youth Justice

Hours: 36L

The course will examine what is known about offending by youths and the various purposes that have been attributed to youth justice systems. The course will focus, in large part, however, on the nature of the laws and youth justice systems that have been designed in Canada and elsewhere to respond to offending by youths.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI372H1 - Regulating Citizenship

Hours: 36L

The course examines selected topics in the scholarly study of citizenship, including the history of citizenship, normative theories of democratic citizenship, rights and duties of citizenship, acquisition and loss of citizenship, and related issues, such as multiple citizenship, statelessness, and the international law of citizenship. Readings come from law, history, political science, and other disciplines; and cover Canada, other western societies, and developing countries. The course comprises three basic units: the normative basis and historical evolution of citizenship, including a case study of Canada, policies governing the acquisition and loss of citizenship in Canada and elsewhere, and the parameters of citizenship and lack of citizenship in the contemporary world. Students will gain an understanding of the historical evolution of forms of political membership in both western and non-western societies, the constitutive role of citizenship in creating and maintaining individual rights, and the development and contemporary regulation of Canadian citizenship in comparative international perspective.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Exclusion: CRI392H1 (Topic: Regulating Citizenship) offered in Fall 2021, CRI394H1 (Topic: Regulating Citizenship) offered in Fall 2017, 2018, and 2019
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI380H1 - Crime, Gender and Sex

Hours: 36L

Theory, research and policy related to the ways in which gender shapes criminal behaviour, the administration of criminal justice, and the criminal law. How notions of different types of masculinity and femininity are embedded in and influence both the operation of the criminal justice system as well as criminal behaviours. The regulation of gender and sexuality through the criminal law and through crime.

Prerequisite: ( CRI205H1 and CRI210H1) or (70% in SOC212H1 and enrolment in Sociology program)
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI383H1 - Immigration, Ethnicity and Crime

Hours: 36L

The connection between immigration and crime, the effect of immigration on crime rates, discrimination against immigrants, the representation of immigrants in crime statistics, public perception of risk and security, and criminal justice policy changes which affect immigration. We consider research conducted in North America and Europe.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1 or SOC212H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI385H1 - Representing Crime and Authority

Hours: 36L

Cultural constructions of crime, disorder, dangerousness and risk are integral parts of the criminal justice system. A critical analysis of how criminal justice personnel, the media, and academic criminologists construct their authority through symbols and images, in order to “explain” and manage crime, and how these representations are regarded in public discourse.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI386H1 - Origins of Criminal Justice

Hours: 36L

Criminal justice practice, as well as political debate concerning crime and criminal justice, are often influenced by ideas that are initially developed outside the criminal justice arena. This course examines the history, current influence and efficacy of a range of such ideas, such as: the role of religious practice in rehabilitating offenders; military service and participation in sports as preventive of delinquency; the influence of environmental pollution on crime rates; the concept of the ‘problem family’; intelligence based policing and the use of management theories in criminal justice organizations.

Note: The course may include an optional Service Learning component. If offered, additional information will be provided in the Faculty of Arts and Science's timetable.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1, CRI210H1
Exclusion: CRI390H1 Roots of Criminal Justice Policy taken in 20141/20151/20161.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI389Y0 - Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies Abroad

Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies offered in an international setting. The content may vary from year to year.
Details are posted on the Summer Abroad website.

Prerequisite: Consult the Summer Abroad Program Office.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI390H1 - Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 36L

The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications. Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI391H1 - Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 36L

The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications. Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI392H1 - Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 36L

The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications. Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI393H1 - Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 36L

The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications. Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI394H1 - Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 36L

The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications. Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI395H1 - Independent Study

Independent study under the direction of a faculty member. It is recommended that student approaches a Criminology and Sociolegal Studies Faculty member who might willing to supervise their work in CRI395H1. If student has found a faculty member willing to supervise their proposal, they must complete the application form with the help of their supervisor. A detailed description of the proposal is required. Enrolment is limited to students in the Criminology and Sociolegal Studies program. Students are not entitled to take more than 1.0 credit of CRI395H1 course.

Consult the program website for additional information. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1 and 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Exclusion: CRI395Y1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI396H1 - Research Participation

Credit course for supervised participation in a faculty research project. Offered only when a full-time appointed faculty member from the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies is willing and available to supervise. Students must contact faculty members currently teaching in the Criminology and Sociolegal Studies program to find out if there are any research participation opportunities available. Students requesting enrolment in a research participation course are advised to select an alternative course until the status of their enrolment is confirmed. Together with your supervisor, complete and submit a request for enrolment application form and the research ethics approval confirmation letter (if required). Submit the form by the beginning of the first week of the semester.

Consult the program website for additional information. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: 9.0 credits
Exclusion: CRI397Y1
Recommended Preparation: CGPA 3.0 recommended
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI399Y1 - Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

CRI420H1 - Current Issues in Criminal Law

Hours: 24S

An advanced seminar exploring in detail current issues in criminal law. The objective of the course is to discuss current policy and case law developments in the criminal law, and their social, political and ethical implications. The role of Parliament and the judiciary in the development of the criminal law is considered. Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI422H1 - Indigenous Law

Hours: 24S

Seminar course exploring Indigenous law, settler state law, and the complex interrelationship between the two in Canada. Topics include: legal sources, forms and processes; sovereignty, territory and jurisdiction; treaty relationships; Indigenous peoples in international law; Indigenous rights and the constitution; environmental use, relations and protection; and Indigenous self-determination and governance.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI215H1, CRI225H1 and a 0.5 CRI credit at the 300-level
Exclusion: CRI490H1 Advanced Topics in Criminology: Indigenous Law taken in 20169
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI425H1 - The Prosecution Process

Hours: 24L

A critical examination of the process by which certain conduct is identified, prosecuted and punished as “crime”, and the process by which individuals become “criminals”. The evolution of the modern prosecution system, including the exercise of prosecutorial discretion, rules of evidence, socially constructed defences, disparity in sentencing, and wrongful convictions.

Prerequisite: CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI225H1, 0.5 CRI credit at the 300-level
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI427H1 - Organized Crime and Corruption

Hours: 24S

An advanced seminar exploring the history and characteristics of organized crime and corruption.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI428H1 - Policing the City: Crime, Community and Inequality

Hours: 24S

An advanced seminar exploring the connection between neighbourhoods and the perpetuation of poverty, social marginalization, segregation and crime.
The course may include an optional Service Learning component. Check the timetable for details.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI429H1 - Youth Culture, Racialization and Crime in the Global Context

Hours: 24S

An advanced seminar exploring youth culture and its possible connection to criminality from an international perspective.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level (0.5 may be substituted by a 300+ level HIS/PHL/PSY/SOC course)
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI431H1 - Mental Health, Morality & Legal Controls

Hours: 24S

A critical exploration of contemporary debates in criminology, and legal and moral philosophy concerning the diagnostic and criminal justice labeling of mental disorders such as psychopathy and paedophilia, and their representation in popular culture.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI435H1 - Advanced Seminar in Policing

Hours: 24S

This course will explore policing in a comparative and historical context. Issues to be covered include the following: the maintenance of law and order before police forces; development of police forces in continental Europe and the English-speaking world; structure and function of national police forces around the world today; the role of political and secret police forces; and contemporary debates on the mission and regulation of the police in contemporary North America including issues such as police-community relations, private policing, and counter-terrorism.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Exclusion: CRI3130H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI450H1 - Advanced Research/Reading

A supervised individual or group project under the direction of a faculty member from the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies. Offered only when a full-time appointed faculty member from the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies is willing and available to supervise. Students must contact Faculty members currently teaching in the Criminology and Sociolegal Studies program to find out if there are any individual or group project opportunities available. Students requesting enrolment in a research participation course are advised to select an alternative course until the status of their enrolment is confirmed. Together with your supervisor, complete and submit a request for enrolment application form and the research ethics approval confirmation letter (if required). Submit the form by the beginning of the first week of the semester. Form is available on the Program Office website.

Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: 1.5 CRI credits at the 300-level
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CRI480H1 - Interpersonal Violence

Hours: 24S

The meaning, purposes and sources of interpersonal violence, including an examination of debates over defining and documenting violence, and a review of the research on the relationships between illegitimate, interpersonal violence and state-approved or state-initiated violence. Cultural, social and individual correlates of interpersonal violence; the violence of the law; and how violence is justified and denied.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
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CRI482H1 - Security Governance

Hours: 24S

The course will examine selected topics in security governance. Complementing university courses on public or state policing, which emphasize the role of the state in maintaining public order, we will examine how security is jointly produced through the interactions of state, commercial, civil society, and individual actors. Topics to be covered include the following: the public police and theories of security governance, private and privatized policing, plural policing and other non-state sources of public order, and private ownership of weapons. Students should gain an understanding of the myriad ways in which the state and other actors interact to create, maintain, and reshape public order.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Exclusion: CRI491H1 (Topic: Security Governance) offered in Fall 2021, CRI492H1 (Topic: Security Governance) offered in Fall 2022
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CRI487H1 - Law, Space, and the City

Hours: 24S

An introduction to interdisciplinary studies of law and space, this course covers a broad range of topics, from work on empire and colonialism by legal historians and indigenous scholars to studies of national spaces, urban spaces, and bodily spaces. Some background in either legal studies or cultural geography is desirable. Open to students in law, geography, anthropology, women/gender studies, and sociology, though permission of the instructor is required.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Exclusion: CRI3256H (when offered as a joint course)
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CRI490H1 - Advanced Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 24S

The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications. Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
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CRI491H1 - Advanced Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 24S

Topics vary from year to year. The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
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CRI492H1 - Advanced Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 24S

The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications. Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
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CRI493H1 - Advanced Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 24S

Topics vary from year to year. The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CRI494H1 - Advanced Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Hours: 24S

Topics vary from year to year. The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Criminology, and their social, legal, ethical and political implications.

Prerequisite: 1.0 CRI credit at the 300-level
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CRI498H1 - Intensive Course

Content in any given year depends on instructor. Intensive courses are offered by distinguished visitors from around the world. Students in their 4th year are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity to study with one or more outstanding visiting international scholars that the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies brings from time to time. The intensive course usually runs for approximately 3-4 weeks.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

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