Module Details |
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Title | UNDERSTANDING CRIME, JUSTICE AND PUNISHMENT | ||
Code | SOCI244 | ||
Coordinator |
Dr DA Baker Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology David.Baker@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2022-23 | Level 5 FHEQ | Whole Session | 30 |
Aims |
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- To critically explore the main sociological and criminological perspectives on crime, justice and punishment |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) Demonstrate critical awareness of the historical and contemporary significance of criminological concepts deployed to explain crime, justice and punishment |
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(LO2) Exhibit understanding of the ways in which crime, justice and punishment are contested within and outside of academic thinking |
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(LO3) Distinguish between different conceptual frames of reference and compare and contrast their strengths and weaknesses |
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(LO4) Situate theoretical thought within the world of policy and criminal justice practice |
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(LO5) Demonstrate how criminal justice theory and practice intersect with social fractures, inequalities and social divisions |
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(S1) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis |
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(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking |
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(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Evaluation |
Syllabus |
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Part One: Criminological Thinking: Origins, Perspectives and Impacts 1. Criminology, Power and History 2. The Aims and Objectives of Theoretical Criminology: Thinking about 'crime', 'justice' and punishment 3. Classicism: the normality of the criminal 4. Individual Positivism: The mad, the sad and the pathological 5. Sociological Positivism: Social strain, learning and deviant subcultures 6. Social Reactions to Crime: Labelling and stigma 7. ‘A disciplinary Society’? Power, knowledge and crime 8. A ‘New’ Criminology’? Crime, criminalization and the state 9. Feminist Criminology 10. Taking Crime Seriously? Right and Left Realism 11. Cultural Criminology and the Seductions of Crime 12. Summary and exam preparation Part Two: Criminological Controversies: Case Studies in Human Rights, Power and Vulnerability in Criminal Justice Practice 13. The Role of the Criminologist: public interest and/or policy relevance? 14. Moving beyond criminology? The idea of social harm 15. Limiting the theoretical horizon? State, contemporary research and autonomy 16. A case study in corporate crime 17. Shoot to kill? Police power and accountability 18. Damage and Death in Youth Custody 19. The Case for Abolitionism: The state of contemporary punishment and penality 20. The Problem of ‘Murder’ 21. Controversies in Introducing the ‘Victim’ into CJ Practice 22. Public Opinion, Fear and Popular Politics 23. Criminology as Critical Intervention? 24. Summary and assignment preparation |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method 1 - Lecture Teaching Method 2 - Seminar |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
46 |
21 |
67 | ||||
Timetable (if known) | |||||||
Private Study | 233 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 300 |
Assessment |
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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 |
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Assessment 1 2000 word essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Second | 0 | 50 | ||||
Assessment 2 2000 word essay | 0 | 50 |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |