Module Details
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Title SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE CITY
Code SOCI310
Coordinator Dr R Coleman
Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
Roy.Coleman@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

- To understand the main theoretical arguments and debates around social control and surveillance practices.
- To examine the relationship between the urban state power and the development of surveillance practices and social control
- To critically assess the relationship between the prevention of crime, social control and how these impact upon populations defined by class, gender, 'race' and age
- To explore social control practices as they impact on uses of space and coneptions of 'place'

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Grasp the main theoretical debates around social control in the urban context

(LO2) Understand the relationship between city development and the problem of social order

(LO3) Appreciate the contested nature of both urban social order and the meaning of 'public space'

(LO4) Critically assess the relationship between crime prevention practices, social control and the constitution of social order in the city

(S1) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Evaluation

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

Syllabus
 

1. Ungovernable cities?

2. Social control and the development of the city

3. Theoretical debates 1: Punitive cities?

4. Surveillance and working class street culture

5. City, race and degeneration

6. The city and the male gaze

7. Theoretical debates 2: Defensible spaces and crime prevention practice

8. Policing, entrepreneurial urbanism and social divisions

9. Crime, regeneration and street camera surveillance in the contemporary city

10. Crime prevention as social ordering

11. Resistance in the city

12. The futures of social control and city development

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: 8 lectures 2 hours in length
Attendance Recorded: No
Notes: The lectures are designed to give you a broad
introduction to key areas and debates; they are intended
to facilitate your reading and to highlight issues that
should be explored in your independent study time and
in the seminars.

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: 7 seminars 1 hour in length
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: The seminars are designed to explore particular issues
and debates in more detail than can be achieved during
lectures; they will be more interactive than lectures and enable you to clarify and develop your understanding of your reading; and provide important opportunities to ensure your preparedness for the assessments.

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24

 10

         34
Timetable (if known) 120 mins X 1 totaling 24
  		60 mins X 1 totaling 10
  		         
Private Study 128
TOTAL HOURS 162

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 2 There is a resit opportunity. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester Two  2 hours    60       
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. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester Two  1500 words    40       

Recommended Texts
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