Module Details
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Title UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE
Code SOCI296
Coordinator Dr SR McGarry
Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
S.R.Mcgarry@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

The aims of this module are as follows:

- To provide students with a critical understanding of 'violence' as a problematic and contestable concept.
- To facilitate an understanding of violence as operating on a continuum between different contrasting domains: from the individual to the collective, the public to the private, from the street to the state.
- To develop conceptual sociological t hinkin g by encouraging students to draw upon a range of literature from interdisciplinary perspectives.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Ability to develop critical thinking in relation to the subject matter of 'violence'.

(LO2) A sound understanding of the key authors, perspectives, debates and concepts within the sociology of violence and related interdisciplinary areas.

(LO3) Identifying and critically evaluating issues of structural violence and vulnerability in relation to victims and perpetrators of violence of different sorts.

(LO4) Making conceptual, theoretical and practical connections between the variety of domains where violence occurs.

(S1) Adaptability

(S2) Problem solving skills

(S3) Teamwork

(S4) Organisational skills

(S5) Communication skills

(S6) IT skills

Syllabus
 

During the course of this module students will engage with the following:
- Definitions and histories of violence
- Counting violence and violence as an ordering process
- Representations and censure of violence
- Violence in public and private domains
- Corporate and work based violence
- Institutional  and collective violence
- Political and state violence

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: Lectures will provide broad overviews for each topic and signpost students to key issues, concepts, debates and authors to pursue in preparation for seminars and assessments.
Attendance Recorded: No
Notes: Lectures will, on occasion, also include the viewing of appropriately selected films and documentaries.

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Seminars will be task based and student-led investigating perspectives, concepts and theories in more detail using a mixture of key academic readings and case studies.
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Time spent preparing for all three assessments will take place in students' own time in both groups and individually.

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
Group Presentation There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 (approx. weeks 10-  750 word equivalent     15       
Executive Summary Report There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 (May Assessment   3250 words    85       

Recommended Texts
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