Understanding Crime

• • • 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