Unit name | Controlling Crime and Social Harm |
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Unit code | SPOL10021 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Mulvihill |
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:
Lectures (20 hours) and Seminars (10 hours) plus 1 reading week and 1 revision week.
The assessments have been developed in order to meet the intended learning outcomes of the unit:
Formative assessment is by:
Summative assessment is by:
All assessment is marked against the published marking criteria for that level, as stated in the Programme handbook.
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.