Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
4200CRIM-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. Introduce students to a core of key theoretical perspectives within criminology.
2. Encourage students to reflect upon the ways in which different theoretical strands have attempted to explain crime and criminal behaviour.
3. Foster an understanding of the reasons for these differences and similarities between different theoretical approaches.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify the key theoretical perspectives within criminology.
2.
Explain the emergence and development of key theoretical perspectives in criminology.
3.
Identify key differences in the ways that theoretical perspectives have attempted to explain crime and deviance.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
1. Introduction to Theory 2. Block 1 (2 weeks) – the Rational Actor 3. Block 2 (3 weeks) – the Predetermined Actor 4. Block 3 (4 weeks) – the Victimised Actor
1. Introduction to Theory 2. Block 1 (2 weeks) – the Rational Actor 3. Block 2 (3 weeks) – the Predetermined Actor 4. Block 3 (4 weeks) – the Victimised Actor
Module Overview:
This module will introduce you to a core of key theoretical perspectives within criminology. You will be encouraged to reflect upon the ways in which different theoretical strands have attempted to explain crime and criminal behaviour. This will foster an understanding of the reasons for these differences and similarities between different theoretical approaches.
This module will introduce you to a core of key theoretical perspectives within criminology. You will be encouraged to reflect upon the ways in which different theoretical strands have attempted to explain crime and criminal behaviour. This will foster an understanding of the reasons for these differences and similarities between different theoretical approaches.
Additional Information:
This module will introduce students to the theoretical pathway of the discipline of criminology, its relevant conceptual language, and some of the key thinkers involved. It will begin to form the theoretical and conceptual foundation for level four studies in criminology by charting some of the key perspectives within the discipline of criminology and examining the emergence and contours of criminological perspectives. An appreciation of these, often competing versions of what criminology is, or should be, and the policy implications that follow, highlight the centrality of theory as ideas have consequences.
This module will introduce students to the theoretical pathway of the discipline of criminology, its relevant conceptual language, and some of the key thinkers involved. It will begin to form the theoretical and conceptual foundation for level four studies in criminology by charting some of the key perspectives within the discipline of criminology and examining the emergence and contours of criminological perspectives. An appreciation of these, often competing versions of what criminology is, or should be, and the policy implications that follow, highlight the centrality of theory as ideas have consequences.