Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Workshop
Module Offerings
5203CRIM-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. To understand the complexities of contemporary theoretical perspectives in criminology.
2. To move beyond standard ‘textbook’ accounts of crime, deviance and/or social control.
3. To evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of contemporary accounts of crime and deviance in relation to their more established counterparts.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand the theoretical development of a range of contemporary perspectives in criminology.
2.
Analyse the historical/political/socio-economic underpinnings of contemporary perspectives in criminology
3.
Apply contemporary criminological perspectives in a range of new contexts related to ‘real world’ issues.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
An indicative range of topics studied includes: • An exploration of the importance of technologies, cultures, and geopolitics in contemporary criminological perspectives. • An examination of the historical, political, and socio-economic factors that shape contemporary thought in criminology • An interrogation of the relevance and applicability of contemporary criminological perspectives to real world issues, events and phenomena.
An indicative range of topics studied includes: • An exploration of the importance of technologies, cultures, and geopolitics in contemporary criminological perspectives. • An examination of the historical, political, and socio-economic factors that shape contemporary thought in criminology • An interrogation of the relevance and applicability of contemporary criminological perspectives to real world issues, events and phenomena.
Module Overview:
This module will help you to understand the complexities of contemporary theoretical perspectives in criminology, moving beyond standard ‘textbook’ accounts of crime, deviance and/or social control. Using this knowledge you will be able to evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of contemporary accounts of crime and deviance in relation to their more established counterparts.
This module will help you to understand the complexities of contemporary theoretical perspectives in criminology, moving beyond standard ‘textbook’ accounts of crime, deviance and/or social control. Using this knowledge you will be able to evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of contemporary accounts of crime and deviance in relation to their more established counterparts.
Additional Information:
The goal of this module is to familiarise students with contemporary developments in criminological perspectives. 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 an advanced nature in level 6.
The goal of this module is to familiarise students with contemporary developments in criminological perspectives. 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 an advanced nature in level 6.