Unit name | Understanding Crime, Harm and Society |
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Unit code | SPOL10020 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Joanna Large |
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 significant issues in society. This unit introduces students to various forms of crime and harms which are prevalent in different societies including sex crimes and murder, as well as social harms that are less visible but which may have deleterious impact on people's well-being. This includes, for example, political violence, as well as harms in the workplace caused by health and safety breaches and harms in the street caused by pollution. The unit will explore why some crimes are more visible than others in the public and political imagination.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
This unit will draw on a blended learning approach. Students will engage with asynchronous taught content (including, for example, narrated slides and other teaching and research materials) and will be tasked to complete activities in preparation for synchronous sessions to present and discuss ideas and clarify learning.
Engagement and Collaboration Portfolio based on structured exercises (50%) Poster (A4) and Annotated Bibliography (1000 words) (50%)
Corteen, K., Morley,S., Taylor, P. & Turner, J. (2016, forthcoming) A companion to crime, harm and victimisation, The Policy Press: Bristol
Davies, P., Francis, P., and Wyatt, T. (2014) Invisible Crimes and Social Harms, London: Palgrave
Hale C, Hayward K, Wahidin A, and Wincup E (eds.) (2013 3rd ed.) Criminology, Oxford, Oxford University Press
Hillyard P, Pantazis C, Tombs S and Gordon D (eds.) (2004) Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously, London: Pluto
Newburn, T. (2013, 2nd ed.) Criminology, Cullompton :Willan