Module Details
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Title Cultural Criminology
Code SOCI340
Coordinator Dr LK Naegler
Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
Laura.Naegler@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2023-24 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

- To critically examine the cultural turn in criminology and its impact on criminological theory and method
- To develop a ‘cultural criminological lens’ which will allow students to understand, appreciate and interpret the many ways in which crime is defined, represented, controlled and commercialised
- To explore and critically evaluate research studies in cultural criminology
- To explore new directions in cultural criminology such as green and feminist criminological perspectives
- To engage with the criticism on cultural criminology and assess and evaluate the limitations of the cultural approach to crime

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To achieve an understanding of the methodological and theoretical foundations of, and key themes in, cultural criminology.

(LO2) To recognise the significance of culture and how it is intertwined with structures of power and shaped by existing patterns of inequality.

(LO3) To critically evaluate theoretical debates and research studies in critical and cultural criminology.

(LO4) To be able to use a range of methodological tools to approach the study of crime as a cultural phenomenon.

(S1) Communication and academic writing

(S2) Critical reading

(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving

(S4) Research skills

Syllabus
 

During the course of this module students will engage with:
- The theoretical foundations of cultural criminology
- Cultural criminological method
- Key themes such as emotion, (ir)rationality and risk; media representations and spectacle; crime and consumer culture; subcultures and cultural resistance
- New direction and research in cultural criminology, including the study of political resistance and the state, virtual (sub)cultures and online resistance, feminist cultural criminology, green cultural criminology
- Theoretical and methodological debates on the limitations and potentials of cultural criminology

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1: Lectures

Description: 1-hour lectures will be used to convey core theoretical and substantive material.

Attendance Recorded: No

Teaching Method 2: Seminars
Face to face synchronous seminars, safety permitting.

Description: Seminars will be student-led and workshop-like in structure with numerous research- based activities. Seminars will be used to discuss, debate, and reinforce knowledge and concepts.

Attendance Recorded: Yes

Self-Directed Learning Hours: 127

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

 10

         21
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 129
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
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mark		 Resit/resubmission
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Assessment 1 Assessment Title: Essay Duration / Size: 2,500 words Weighting: 100% Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard UoL penalty applies Anonymous As  0    100       

Recommended Texts
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