Unit name | Harms of the Powerful |
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Unit code | SPOL20034 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Miller |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The crimes and harms, including violence, committed by corporations and states are among the most devastating of all crimes and harms. This unit examines the nature, extent, and impact of the harms of the powerful and seeks to understand the various explanations for this type of activity. The specific aims of the unit are to:
By the end of the unit students should be able to:
Lectures (20 hours) and Seminars (10 hours) plus 1 reading week and 1 revision week.
Summative assessment is
Barak, G. (2015) (ed.) The Routledge international handbook of the crimes of the powerful, Oxford: Routledge
Chambliss, W., Michalowski;R., Kramer, R. (2010) State crime in the global age, Cullompton : Willan Publishing
Cohen, S. (2000) States of Denial, London: Polity Press
Stanley, E. and McCulloch, J. (2013) (eds.) State Crime and Resistance, London: Routledge
Tombs, S. and Whyte, D. (2015) The Corporate Criminal. Why corporations must be abolished, London: Routledge
Whyte, D. (2015) (ed.) How Corrupt is Britain? London: Pluto Press