Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Seminar
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5103CRIM-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. To critically understand the complexities of progressive theoretical criminology.
2. To move beyond standard ‘textbook’ accounts of crime, deviance and/or social control.
3. To critically evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of progressive/contemporary accounts of crime and deviance in relation to their more established counterparts.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically understand the theoretical development of a range of progressive perspectives in criminology.
2.
Critically analyse the historical/political/socio-economic underpinnings of contemporary developments in theoretical criminology
3.
Apply progressive criminological theories in a range of new contexts related to ‘real world’ problematics.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:An indicative range of topics studied includes:
• The criminological imagination
• Abolitionist perspectives
• Neo-colonial criminology
• Policing dissent
• Human rights criminology
• Popular criminology
• Visual criminology
• Masculinities/gendered criminology
• Migration/‘immigration’
• Green criminology
Module Overview:
This module is primarily about challenging established perspectives in Criminology and embracing their more 'progressive' alternatives. The goal of this module is to familiarise you with contemporary developments in the field of theoretical Criminology. It will seek to push your criminological imagination to the cutting edge of disciplinary developments and in so doing provide you with a solid foundation for further study of a progressive nature in Level 6.
This module is primarily about challenging established perspectives in Criminology and embracing their more 'progressive' alternatives. The goal of this module is to familiarise you with contemporary developments in the field of theoretical Criminology. It will seek to push your criminological imagination to the cutting edge of disciplinary developments and in so doing provide you with a solid foundation for further study of a progressive nature in Level 6.
Additional Information:This module is primarily about challenging established perspectives in criminology and embracing their more ‘progressive’ alternatives. The goal of this module is to familiarise students with contemporary developments in the field of theoretical criminology. It will seek to push the criminological imaginations of students to the cutting edge of disciplinary developments and in so doing, provide them with a solid foundation for further study of a progressive nature in level 6
Assessments
Essay