Module overview
This module is designed to help you understanding how Criminology as a science is a comparative global endeavour.
Linked modules
Prerequisites: CRIM2001 OR CRIM2002 OR CRIM2003 OR SOCI2006
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to apply criminological knowledge and perspectives to the area of global crime and justice.
- Understand the impact of conflict and social change.
- Demonstrate a critical knowledge of key areas of global crime and justice including the inter-connectedness of 'the local' and 'the global'.
- Cogitate reflexively on the limits of 'nation-state criminology' and how these can be overcome.
- Challenge 'common sense' and media-led approaches.
- Transferable skills: communication skills; problem solving; organisation skills; critical and comparative analysis.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the impact on crime and injustice of various forms of conflict and social change.
- Challenge parochialism in these areas with a global perspective.
- Consider issues of crime and injustice in a global context.
Syllabus
- Comparative criminology and research challenges
- State crime, war crime, and human rights
- (Transnational) organised crime and criminal networks
- Human trafficking, human smuggling, and (illegal) migration
- Drug trades and drug policies
- Green criminology: looking at environmental harms from a criminological perspective
- Corruption and money laundering
- Cybercrimes: a taster on crimes of deception and coercion
- Understanding and confronting global terrorism
Learning and Teaching
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 12 |
Independent Study | 138 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Other. Library resources have been steadily built up in this area. There are a range of journals subscribed to which will be very used.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 70% |
Critical responses | 10% |
Group presentation | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Coursework assignment(s) | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External