College of Social Sciences and International Studies

College of Social Sciences and International Studies

International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology
Module SOC3034 for 2022/3

Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SOC3034: International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following themes over one or more weeks:

Comparative Criminology –comparing crime across nations
Legal traditions and Punishment Philosophies –discuss how different legal and philosophic approaches to crime result in different crime related outcomes
Comparing Prison Systems, Policing, & Crime Control and Prevention models
International Crime Statistics –critique sources of crime data
Describing data –using basic statistics to compare official crime data and victimization survey data among countries
Comparing means and hypothesis testing –using basic statistics to compare means and test hypotheses with official crime data and victimization survey data among countries

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	22	11 x 2-hour weekly lectures / tutorials (or 1 hour lecture + 1 hour tutorial)
Guided Independent Study	24	Reading assignments and preparing for the tutorials
Guided Independent Study	40	Preparing lab assignment
Guided Independent Study	10	Additional reading/research
Guided Independent Study	54	Preparation for and completion of all exams

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).