Unit information: Criminology in 2014/15

Unit name	Criminology
Unit code	SPOL30010
Credit points	20
Level of study	H/6
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

Description including Unit Aims

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, to a lesser extent, the US.

Reading and References

• Lilly, R., Cullen, F., Ball, R. (2011) (eds., 5th ed) Criminological theory :context and consequences, London: Sage
• Maguire, M., Morgan, R. and Reiner. R. (2012) (eds, 5th ed) The Oxford handbook of criminology, Oxford: Oxford University Press
• McLaughlin, E. & Muncie, J. (2013) (eds, 3rd ed) Criminological perspectives, London : Sage.