Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6201CRIM-JAN-MTP
Aims
This module aims:
1. To develop the ability of students to critically evaluate and interrogate a body of knowledge in a manner conforming to the
tenets of disciplined, lucid and critical scholarship
2. Critically apply the literature, theory and method developed in 6100CRIM to the data generated by the student
3. To use empirical data of a quantitative and/or qualitative nature to critically explore the subject of crime, harm, social
divisions, and/or social change.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate and process primary and secondary data within the context of specified research objectives.
2.
Develop a coherent, systematic understanding of, and an analytical argument, about the initial problem or hypothesis.
3.
Further develop study and research skills on a topic of interest through engagement with the relationship between the empirical evidence under investigation and wider issues of theory, method, policy or practice in an area within the rubric of criminology or critical criminology.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The module will allow students to apply the literature, theory and method developed in 6100CRIM to the data generated by the student. This will encompass generating original data from a range of different sources such as policy documents, archival research, questionnaires, semi structured interviews and so forth. This will be done in conjunction with an allocated dissertation supervisor who will see the student for a total of 8 hours in the course of the semester, which will be augmented by more general lectures/workshops. The main activities will include:
• Data collection and analysis
• Writing the methods, analysis, discussion, introduction and conclusion chapters
Additional Information:The module encourages students to generate their own original data on an issue congruent with the themes of the programme and to produce a piece of work which engages critically with theory and method. Therefore, it is designed to enhance the research and analytical skills of students and to encourage them to be proactive, independent learners through constructing a dissertation which either adds to or challenges existing work in their chosen area.
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