Module Details
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Title COMMUNITY AND THE PROBLEM OF CRIME
Code SOCI341
Coordinator Dr KF Evans
Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
Evansk@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

- To introduce the student to an understanding of the relationship between crime and community as this has been developed since the late 1970s in western criminology.
- To critically evaluate the main crime prevention policy objectives in England and Wales which have been introduced since the late 1970s

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) a critical understanding of the differential impact of crime on various groups within British society, from the late 1970s onwards

(LO2) a critical understanding of definitions of community and the community context in which the success of crime prevention policies are measured

(LO3) a critical understanding of the different crime prevention paradigms which have been applied in Britain

(LO4) a critical evaluation of the academic contribution to key debates around crime prevention which have taken place since the late 1970s in Britain and their local and national policy context

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

Syllabus
 

Introduction to crime prevention: crime prevention in the twentieth century

Crime and the urban environment (1) Making sense of urban social divisions, ‘crime’ and victimisation

Crime and the urban environment (2) Questioning neighbourhood ‘disorder’ and ‘social disorganisation’ as explanatory frameworks

Regulating Risk? The Surveillant State and the Policing of Protest

Policing the 'terrorist'

Policing communities

The politics of racial violence

Youth, crime, victimisation and criminalization

Communities and crime prevention: crime, trust and the locally powerful

Crime prevention for the 21st century?

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: Weekly

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: Weekly from Week 3

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

 10

         22
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 128
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  2500 words    60       
Assessment 2 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  1500 words    40       

Recommended Texts
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