Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Justice Studies

Learning Methods

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Workshop

Module Offerings

7103CSP-JAN-MTP

Aims

1. To understand the ways in which crime, harm and the agencies of social control are represented in different cultural/intellectual contexts. 2. To develop a systematic understanding of the ways in which academic theory and cultural representations intersect and coalesce around notions of ‘crime’, ‘harm’ and ‘(in)justice’. 3. To engage in the active interrogation of cutting-edge criminological theory through participatory discussion.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate a critical advanced understanding of the ways in which criminologically significant subjects are represented culturally and understood intellectually.
2.
Critically understand the ways in which advanced criminological theory can help better understand a range of contemporary social problems.
3.
Communicate a sophisticated understanding of cutting-edge criminological theory in a range of different styles (e.g., visually, verbally and written).

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:The course will cover the following areas: philosophical and theoretical reading of media, new and old; modern popular cultural representations of crime (games, TV shows, movies); progressive criminological theories (e.g. philosophical, digital, narrative).
Module Overview:
By studying this module you will understand the ways in which crime, harm and the agencies of social control are represented in different cultural/intellectual contexts. You will develop a systematic understanding of the ways in which academic theory and cultural representations intersect and coalesce around notions of 'crime', 'harm' and '(in)justice'. You will engage in the active interrogation of cutting-edge criminological theory through participatory discussion.
Additional Information:This module is concerned with the ways in which notions of crime, (in)justice, and harm are represented, both intellectually and culturally. Using contemporary developments in aesthetic philosophy and critical/cultural criminology, the course offers students the chance to engage with the multiple intersections between crime, media and culture. The ultimate goal of the course is to understand the many ways in which criminologically significant subjects are represented, and to ask how such representations can enhance our understandings of them.

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