1. Law Abiding Behavior
Class 1

2. Administrative Does everyone have syllabus?
Does anyone have questions about syllabus or course requirements?
Have you had a look at the home page?

3. Review
Can you explain the difference between a program in criminology and a program in criminal justice?

4. Today Further discussion of class assignments, especially quizzes
Class survey – what do we know (or think we know) about crime and crime prevention?
What are “law-abiding” people?
Key Points to Understand from Today

5. I. Class Assignments - Quizzes
Each quiz will test the reading that has been assigned for that day or the next few days
Will consist of two questions like the sample questions of which you will answer one
How to prepare for the quiz
If you miss a quiz
Why are we using this type of quiz?
Watch out for readings in addition to K&P

6. II. Class Survey
What do we think we know about crime and crime prevention?
Administer survey
Designed just to test our knowledge of a few items related to crime and the criminal justice system
Expect to administer the same survey at the end of the course

7. III. Law-Abiding People
What does it mean to be “law-abiding?”
What do we call people who are not “law-abiding?”
Do you consider yourselves to be law-abiding?
So should we consider you folks all to be criminals?
Why not?

8. IV. Key Points to Understand from Today
Most of us break some laws, some quite frequently
Some of the laws we break frequently are quite serious and breaking them can have really terrible consequences
So, calling others criminals while we consider ourselves not to be criminals is quite arbitrary and inappropriate

9. Next Time How do we learn about crime and crime prevention?
How do we study crime?
What are our sources of information?