Advanced Criminological Theories
PostgraduateGRF-CCJ7442024
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Critically evaluate criminological theory and empirical research for crime policy and practice. Study crime and the urban environment, control and rational choice theories, inequality and opportunity, and social reactions to crime.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Advanced Criminological Theories
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:
- Critically evaluate criminological theory and related empirical research
- Summarise central criminological constructs and methodological approaches for operationalising and testing these constructs to evaluate criminological theory
- Evaluate the implications of criminological theory and research for crime policy and practice.
- Module 1: Environmental Criminology: Time, Place and Crime
- Module 2: Developmental and Life Course Criminology
- Module 3: Criminal Justice System Impacts on Offending
- Module 4: Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Crime
This subject helps students develop deep understanding of the organising categories and central claims of a range of modern criminological perspectives of criminology. The main problems, questions and ideas that have shaped modern criminological thought are explored and attention is paid throughout to the contexts that shape the emergence and reception of modern criminological theory and to the modes of social intervention that different criminological perspectives expressly or implicitly propose. Topics covered will vary from year to year but are likely to include: crime and the urban environment, developmental and control theories, routine activities and rational choice theories, crime, inequality and opportunity, crime and culture, and social reactions to crime.
- Evaluation of Empirical Research (50%)
- Discussion Portfolio (30%)
- Online Quizzes (20%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- GRF-MCJ-MAS-2024 - Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elective
- GRF-FMH-MAS-2024 - Master of Forensic Mental Health
- GRF-FMH-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Forensic Mental Health
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
PostgraduateGRF-MCJ-MAS
Master of Forensic Mental Health
PostgraduateGRF-FMH-MAS
Graduate Certificate in Forensic Mental Health
PostgraduateGRF-FMH-GCE