Unit name | Key Thinkers in Criminology |
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Unit code | SPOL20036 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Kirwan |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit aims to extend students' knowledge and understanding of criminological theory and debate by charting the work of key thinkers within the discipline. The unit will identify prominent and influential thinkers and follow the trajectory of their work, locating their writings in the social, economic and political period of the time, and assessing their impact on the discipline and on policy and practice (where relevant). Students will gain a detailed understanding of distinct theoretical frameworks and be able to situate these within conflicting and related bodies of ideas. The unit will include the contributions of key scholars such as Stanley Cohen, Jock Young, Stuart Hall, Michel Foucault, Pat Carlen, Liz Kelly, Angela Davis, David Garland, Jonathan Simon, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Lucia Zedner and Paddy Hillyard.
By successfully completing the unit students will be able:
Teaching will be delivered through blended learning involving a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions. Lectures will be run as three weekly videos (only one of which will be a narrated powerpoint, covering key conceptual/theoretical points) interspersed with interactive online activities and other tasks to be carried out by students. Synchronous study group sessions will be supplemented by reading-groups
Summative assessment:
Part 1: Critical review (1000 words) (30%) Part 2: Essay (2000 words) (70%)
Hayward, K., Maruna, S., Mooney, J. (2007) Fifty Key Thinkers in Criminology, London: Routledge
McLaughlin E and Muncie J (eds.) (2013, 3rd.) Criminological Perspectives, London, Sage
Newburn, T. (2009) Key readings in criminology, Cullompton :Willan