This was an incredible course! Professor McConnell is a fabulous lecturer and the subject material is pretty straightforward. The grading consisted of 4 exams with multiple choice questions (around 30 per exam) and two essays. Be careful, if Josh is your TA, you can't get away with answering just the essay prompt in a few paragraphs (despite the syllabus saying they should be 1-2 paragraph responses). Give as much information as possible to get a good grade. I would highly recommend

Professor McConnell was a great professor for this course. His lectures were entertaining, though sometimes slow, but I almost always found myself enjoying them throughout the semester. The readings don't really matter, but it is very important to show up to every lecture and take very good notes. The tests are also pretty straightforward, but you have to make sure to write a lot for the essay questions because those aren't graded very easily and make up 30% of your test grade. Overall, this is a really interesting class to take, and, in general, it isn't very hard.

When people say this course is "easy", they mean "UVA easy". Getting an A still takes a fair amount of reading and studying. I was under the impression that reading was not actually necessary, but when an entire free response test question was contingent upon the reading, I realized this was untrue. Do the readings and go to the lecture and you'll be fine.
McConnell's teaching style didn't really appeal to me. I found his slow speaking incredibly boring and it was easy to drift off. Also, he tried a bit too hard to be funny and told awkward jokes.
Overall, though, I'd recommend this class. It's a good GPA booster.

McConnell is the man! He's really funny and absolutely the perfect person to teach this class. Entire grade is four tests and participation during discussions. There is no need to do the readings, but definitely go to the lectures. Overall, it's an easy A and pretty interesting.

In summarizing this class, I ask myself, "Why am I going to receive a B?" I'll answer that for you, and in doing so, give you insight as to whether or not you should take this class. I went into this class assuming it would be something like an NCIS or Criminal Minds training course. I was wrong. This class is 100% centered around theories as to what motivates people to commit crimes. And not crimes such as bloody chainsaw massacres, but crimes such as petty theft and vandalism. You'll go over how stress drives people to commit crime, and how family dynamics do the same, among other things. I was not into this at all. The material bored me, and thus, I didn't put much work into a class that is very easy to attain an A in, if you put work in. I loved the lectures -- Robert Day McConnell is by far the best professor I had this semester. There is no better man to teach this class. At first, he reminded me of Heath Ledger as the Joker... He's that good. But, again, if you aren't the type of person willing to put work into something that's pretty boring, or don't do well in uninteresting classes, it is probably not for you. Do not go into this thinking it is an easy A. I had an easier time getting an A in Econ 2010 than this class. Why? Material in Econ was much more interesting. So consider all this, and if you think you can get past the bland material included in the course, take it.

This class is pretty easy and the professor is awesome. He discusses the readings in class and only asks test questions from the lectures so the readings are completely unnecessary and there is no homework.

There are two midterms, 30 multiple choice questions and an essay each, and a final of a similar format. The essays are usually no more than a paragraph and pretty easy, but sometimes the multiple choice questions are tricky.

Don't be fooled this is no a easy class at all. And the material isn't very interesting either. I honestly wouldn't recommend this class to any one.

This class is certainly not an easy A. If you want to get an A, you must go to every lecture, pay attention, and take detailed notes on the lectures. The tests come from the lecture notes almost verbatim; however, it seems that McConnell deliberately tries to trick you on the tests with some of the questions he asks, which is very annoying. The tests were 30 mult. choice questions along with 2 short essays in 50 minutes, a lot to handle if you're a slow test taker. I would recommend the class if you're interested in the material and are willing to put forth a significant amount of work.

This class is not an easy A, don't get that impression. While the tests may be multiple choice and very few questions, small mistakes on tricky questions can make a big difference in your grade. McConnell is .... interesting. Good professor, witty, funny, odd way of talking, but overall portrays the information well. I had Denise Deutschlander as my TA-- lots of work, discussion questions to answer, etc. Recommend Kara as TA.

Interesting course material, if you like crime and why people commit crime (the main focus of the class). Gets a little dry after a while, but overall is very interesting.

McConnell is the man. Really weird, but really funny. The class is extremely easy. Three tests make up 90% of your grade, and the other 10% comes from participation in discussion. Reading is pointless. He does not include anything on the tests that he does not go over in lecture. Just go to lecture, take good notes, and pay attention during discussion. The only time you ever need to do work outside of class is studying for the tests, which does not take long at all. With all of this being said, you will need to learn the material somehow. It is not a class you can bullshit your way through, the content is just really easy to memorize. It's pretty interesting, too.