Module Details
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Title INTRODUCTION TO CRIME AND SOCIETY
Code SOCI107
Coordinator Dr L Hancock
Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
L.Hancock@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2022-23 Level 4 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

To provide an introduction to sociological criminology To introduce concepts and frameworks through which the nature, extent and ‘causes’ of crime have been conceptualised To consider how crime is constructed, perceived and responded to within society To explore the inter-relationships between crime, social problems and their context


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Explain how crime is constructed as a social problem.

(LO2) Discuss some of the main ways in which sociologists and academic criminologists have sought to explain ‘crime’.

(LO3) Distinguish the approaches taken by sociological criminologists and compare them to other approaches (such as common-sense).

(LO4) Comment on the relationship between theories of crime and popular, media and/or policy-responses.

(LO5) Situate discussions of crime and criminalisation within an understanding of social divisions in contemporary society.

(S1) Identify, summarise and comment upon different ways of approaching subject matter in a criminological fashion.

(S2) Outline key strengths and weaknesses of criminological concepts, theories and evidence.

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Synthesis

(S5) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

Syllabus
 

What is criminology? What is ‘crime’? ‘Making crime’ (1) – official criminal statistics ‘Making crime’ (2) – media and crime Crimes of the powerful Crimes of the less powerful ‘Race’ and ‘crime’ Gender and crime Youth and crime; Power, harm, injustice: Issues in Green Criminology; Conclusion and assessment guidance.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description:
Attendance Recorded: No
Notes: Lectures take place weekly.

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 11

 10

         21
Timetable (if known)   60 mins X 1 totaling 10
  		         
Private Study 129
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
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This module is assessed by a 1500 word essay due in January 2021. There will be a lecture and seminar devoted to the preparation of your essay towards the end of the module. There is a resit opport  0    100       

Recommended Texts
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