Unit name | Responding to Crime and Social Harm |
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Unit code | SPOL10031 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Natasha Carver |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Crime and related harms are major social issues requiring state intervention. This unit introduces students to the way states have attempted to control crime and social harm both in terms of offending and victimisation in national and international contexts. Specifically, the unit will:
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through blended learning involving a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including lectures, practical activities supported by study-group sessions and self-directed exercises.
Summative assessment is by:
Policy Briefing of 1500 words (50%)
Davies, M. and Croall, H. (2015, 5th ed.) Criminal Justice, Harlow: Pearson Education, London: Palgrave Macmillan
Drake, D., Muncie, J., & Marland, L. (2010, eds.) Criminal Justice: local and global, Cullompton: Open University/Willan
Garland, D. (2001) The culture of control: crime and social order in contemporary society, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Rawlings, P. (1999) Crime and power: a history of criminal justice 1688-1998, London: Longman
Liebling, A., Maruna, S., and McAra, L., 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.