COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5019 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ŞÜHEDA ÖZBEN

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The students will be able to analysis the psychology of delinquents.They will learn how to approach to delinquency for therapy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the concepts of delinquency, the researches on delinquency,
2   Analyzing the personality of delinquents
3   Learning the factors that increase delinquency.
4   Learning theories of delinquency.
5   The psychological helping to the delinquents,
6   The prevention of delinquency in society.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of delinquency.
2 The researches on delinquency.
3 The personality of delinquents.
4 scapegoat, the psychological factors in delinquency
5 The relationship between mental illness and delinquency.
6 The roots of agressivness.
7 The roots of agressivness.
8 Mid-term exam.
9 The psychological helping to delinquents.
10 The psychological helping to delinquents.
11 The factors which related delinquency,
12 The factors which related delinquency,
13 The factors which related delinquency,
14 Helping them to have a place in the community again.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Çocuk Suçluluğu ve Çocuk Mahkemeleri Sempozyumu (1983), Ankara:
A.Ü. Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Yayınları No.130
Dönmezer, S.(1984). Kriminoloji 7. Baskı, Istanbul:Filiz Kitabevi,
Evrim, S. (1970 ) Psikolojik Açıdan Suçluluk Sorunu ve Psiko- Sosyolojik Izahı Denemesi, Istanbul:Istanbul Üniversitesi E. F.Yayınları No.1591.
Kanfer,F.H. ve Arnold P. G.( 1986 ), Helping People Change, USA: Pergamon Pres Inc.
Mordock, J. B. (1994 ). Counseling The Defiant Child. Crossroad, New York.
Onur, E. ( 1981)Suçlu Çocuklara Uygulanan Yaptırımlar ( Ders Notları ), Ankara:
A.Ü. Eğitim Fakültesi Eğitim Araştırmaları Merkezi,
Thompson, C. ve Linda .B. R. (1992), Counseling Children, California, Brooks/ Cole Publishing Company
Yavuzer, H.(1990), Çocuk ve Suç, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suheda.ozben@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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