Undergraduate LTU-LST1UNC-2022
Understanding Crime
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Duration
12 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
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Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 18 Jul 2022
QS RANKING 2022
21
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
13
Subject details
- Explain the emergence, nature and impact of key criminological approaches to explaining crime and criminality.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental differences between different criminological approaches by being able to clearly distinguish between them.
- Analyse the relationship between criminological theory and practical responses to crime within and beyond the criminal justice system.
- Identify and evaluate the ethical dimensions and implications of criminological thinking and practice.
- Speak and write in a concise, relevant and well-informed manner about criminological perspectives on crime and criminality.
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- • Crime, Criminology and the Context
- • Explaining Crime Theoretically
- • Social Inequality
- • Intersectionality
- • Type of Crimes
- • Criminal Justice
- • Crime Prevention
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted into the following course- AB002O
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Since the eighteenth century, Western societies have sought to explain systematically the causes of crime and criminality. This subject explores how different understandings of crime have emerged as a response to changing social, political, and economic contexts. It also explores the usefulness of these understandings for explaining and responding to crime today.
Through a critical lens, this subject considers how certain behaviours in our society have variously been understood as social issues, deviance, and crimes. This subject investigates the complex nature of crime and offending by applying criminological theories in order to reflect on the current criminal justice climate. By understanding the context of crime, theories can further inform practical responses to crime within and beyond the criminal justice system.
- One research essay (1600 words) (40%)
- Short answer exam (1200 words equivalent) (30%)
- Multiple choice quizzes (1200 words) (30%)
Current study term: 17 Jul 22 to 14 Oct 22
Textbook information is pending.
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