Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7045LAWCJ-JAN-MTP
Aims
To critically analyse contemporary criminological explanations of crime, criminality and criminal justice. To explore socio-economic, political and historical contexts of criminological theory and how it shapes criminal justice policy. To examine the strengths and weaknesses of criminological perspectives, evaluating the continuities and discontinuities between them. To understand how critical criminological perspectives offer alternative perspectives about crime, harm and society.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically appreciate contemporary criminological theory and its impact on the justice sector.
2.
Critically understand the social, political and historical context in which criminological theory has developed.
3.
Critically understand how to critique and develop theories about crime, criminality and criminal justice practice.
4.
Critically reflect upon how dominant thinking about crime can be challenged through theory.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Critical introduction to the examination of the links between crime and Power
- thinking critically about competing definitions of crime and power
- a historical overview of the links between crime and power
- issues and problems in measuring and researching crimes of the powerful
Analysing major forms of crimes of the powerful
- corporate and occupational crime
- organised crime
- racial, sexual, and domestic violence
Analysing major forms of increasingly international crimes of the powerful
- terrorism and the 'war on terror'
- War Crimes
- Crimes against Humanity
Module Overview:
This module is designed to examine the social construction of crime. It aims to:
This module is designed to examine the social construction of crime. It aims to:
- provide a balance between theoretical perspectives and empirical, practical knowledge about the power imbalances in society
- critically examine the relationship between these imbalances and crime (reported and unreported), as well as the criminal justice system's responses to them
- equip you with the skills required to demonstrate a critical understanding of crimes involving the abuse of social and/or individual power
Additional Information:This module is designed to examine the social construction of crime. It aims to provide a balance between theoretical perspectives and empirical, practical knowledge about the power imbalances in society. It aims to examine critically the relationship between these imbalances and crime (reported and unreported), as well as the criminal justice system's responses to them.
The module therefore aims to equip students with the skills required to demonstrate a critical understanding of crimes involving the abuse of social and/or individual power. Discussion will centre on the different strata of causation and response in this area – at the individual, national and international levels – and a critical understanding of theoretical and empirical debates relating to these issues. Formative feedback will be given to students in the course of the interactive discussions.