Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Tutorial
Module Offerings
6112CRIM-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To understand the interfaces between crime, media, and culture.
2. To understand a range of identifiable groups connected to notions of crime, deviance and social control as ‘cultural constructs’.
3. To appreciate the growing criminological significance of various types of new, popular and entertainment media.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate systematic understanding of the emergence and development of cultural criminology as an identifiable sub-field of criminology.
2.
Critically apply the theoretical discourses of cultural criminology to a range of sub/popular cultural forms.
3.
Undertake a critical cultural criminological analysis of the (re)presentation of a relevant subject.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The syllabus is constructed around the research expertise of the module teaching team and includes as indicative topics:
• Module introduction
• Introduction to cultural criminology: Theory and method
o Part one
o Part two
o Part three
• Cultural criminologies of subcultural forms
o Part one
o Part two
o Part three
• Cultural criminology and media representations
o Part one
o Part two
o Part three
• Conclusions/assessment guidance session(s).
Module Overview:
This module is designed to connect you with the growing and influential sub-field of cultural criminology. You will learn to understand the interfaces between crime, media, and culture, to understand the range of identifiable groups connected to notions of crime, deviance and social control as cultural constructs, and to appreciate the growing criminological significance of various new, popular and entertainment media.
This module is designed to connect you with the growing and influential sub-field of cultural criminology. You will learn to understand the interfaces between crime, media, and culture, to understand the range of identifiable groups connected to notions of crime, deviance and social control as cultural constructs, and to appreciate the growing criminological significance of various new, popular and entertainment media.
Additional Information:This module is designed to equate level 6 students with the growing and influential sub-field of cultural criminology.