Course overview
In this course, students will examine select current issues and ongoing discussions within the field of criminology. This may include emerging approaches to understanding crime and deviance, policing, punishment, victimisation and social inequality. Drawing on theoretical and practical criminological knowledge, students will have the opportunity to investigate and critique current crime, criminality, and criminal justice issues, and policy responses. Through critical thinking and research, students will propose methods by which these issues may be further studied and addressed. Importantly, these investigations will consider historical, social, cultural, structural, and political frameworks that shape our understanding of crime and responses to it.
Course learning outcomes
- Identify current key stakeholders, themes, and debates surrounding crime and criminal justice responses
- Analyse the global and transnational dimensions of crime
- Evaluate and critique the role of policy as a response to contemporary criminological issues
- Formulate and communicate resolutions to criminological issues
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