Unit name | Criminology |
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Unit code | SPOL21010 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Pantazis |
Open unit status | Open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit provides an overview of criminological theory, covering the principal ideas in a selected range of theoretical approaches, and an understanding of social, political and ideological contexts which have influenced their development. The policy impacts are explored in the context of the UK and US.