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.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Critically consider various definitions of crime and the relationship between crime and the multiple sources of power in society.
2.
Discuss and critically analyse the crimes that can occur as a result of imbalances of power in society, on individual, national and international levels.
3.
Critically analyse the reactions and responses to power based crimes, both within the criminal justice system and in wider society.
4.
Consider the bias that operates within the ‘all powerful’ criminal justice system, in relation to these crimes.

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.
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