Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Workshop
Module Offerings
6011LAWCJ-SEP-MTP
Aims
- To explore critically the social construction and various definitions of crime.
- To critically discuss the relationship between these definitions and the various
sources of power within society, on both a national and an international level.
- To consider critically the crimes that can occur as a result of imbalances of power
within society, on the micro, mezzo and macro societal levels.
- To critically analyse the ways in which the criminal justice process responds to
different types of crimes of the powerful.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:- Intro: thinking critically about crime and power
- Globalisation
- Terrorism
- War and Crime
- Organised Crime
- Green Criminology
- Human Trafficking
- Abuses of Police Power
- Institutional Violence
- Corporate Crime
- Scandal and a Criminology of Harm
Module Overview:
The module aims to equip students with the skills required to demonstrate a critical understanding of crimes involving the abuse of social and/or individual power. Discussion will centre on the different strata of causation and response in this area at the individual, national and international levels and a critical understanding of theoretical and empirical debates relating to these issues. The module therefore builds on skills and understanding acquired at levels 4 & 5.
The module aims to equip students with the skills required to demonstrate a critical understanding of crimes involving the abuse of social and/or individual power. Discussion will centre on the different strata of causation and response in this area at the individual, national and international levels and a critical understanding of theoretical and empirical debates relating to these issues. The module therefore builds on skills and understanding acquired at levels 4 & 5.
Additional Information:The module aims to equip students with the skills required to demonstrate a critical understanding of crimes involving the abuse of social and/or individual power. Discussion will centre on the different strata of causation and response in this area – at the individual, national and international levels – and a critical understanding of theoretical and empirical debates relating to these issues. The module therefore builds on skills and understanding acquired at levels 4 & 5.
Assessments
Centralised Exam