Unit name | Leisure, Pleasure and Harm |
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Unit code | SPOL30063 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
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 |
This unit will explore new developments in criminology which explore the relationship between leisure and consumption and harm. Drawing upon new theoretical frameworks such as 'deviant leisure' and critical criminological approaches which focus on harm, this unit will explore new fields of research. Through exploring a range of leisure activities, which are generally non-criminal, value-normative and culturally acceptable - even socially desirable - this unit will encourage students to critically analyse leisure, pleasure and consumption choices with reference to criminological and sociological analyses of harm, crime, culture and identity.
This unit aims to encourage students to critically analyse leisure and consumption choices in relation to understandings of harm. This will include students looking at issues such as how crime is constructed and how harm is embedded in legitimate and culturally acceptable activities within the context of global consumer capitalism.
Specifically the unit will examine:
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
This unit will be delivered by a weekly two hour workshop. Teaching sessions will make use of experiential learning techniques and take place both inside and outside of the classroom. Students are expected to prepare for each workshop by completing any designated reading and/or activities set as part of the guided independent study.
Workshops (20 hours)
The assessments have been developed in order to meet the intended learning outcomes of the unit.
Formative assessment is by:
Summative assessment is by:
Essential
Smith, O & Raymen, T (2016) Deviant Leisure: A Criminological Perspective. Theoretical Criminology. ONLINE FIRST First Published August 11, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480616660188
Atkinson, R (2014) Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm. London: Routledge
Brisman, A and South, N (2014) Green Cultural Criminology. Constructions of Environmental Harm, Consumerism and Resistance to Ecocide. London: Routledge
Hall, S & Winlow, S (2015) Revitalizing Criminological Theory. Towards a New Ultra Realism. London: Routledge
Hayward, K & Smith, O (2017) Crime and Consumer Culture. IN A. Liebling; S. Maruna; L. McAra (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. 6th ed. Oxford: OUP
Winlow, S & Atkinson, R (2013) (eds) New Directions in Crime and Deviancy. London: Routledge