Module POC3110 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3110: State Crime
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
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 topics:
- Crimes against humanity
- Genocide
- Torture
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Transitional justice and historic allegations
- State-corporate crime
- Private Security
- Institutional racism
- Asylum policy
- Prisons and punishment
- Women and the Criminal Justice System
- Crime and Globalization
- Organized crime
- Deviance and social control
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 | 0 |
...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 Activities | 22 | 11x2-hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 58 | Reading assignments and preparing responses for seminar questions |
| Guided Independent Study | 46 | Research and composition of essay |
| Guided independent study | 24 | Research and preparation of student-led seminar |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Respondent to Student-Led Seminar | 5 minutes | 1-8 | Oral |
| Essay Plan | 1,000 words | 1-6 | Oral |
| Peer Reviews of Essay Plans | 5 minutes | 1-9 | Oral |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | 0 | 20 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student-led seminar | 20 | 10 minutes per student in a group (e.g. 3 students, 30 minutes) | 1-8 | Written |
| Research Essay | 80 | 4,000 words | 1-6 | Written |
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| 0 | ||||
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| 0 |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student-led seminar | Written outline of seminar, 1000 words | 1-8 | August/September reassessment period |
| Research Essay | Research Essay (4,000 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
- Aas, K.F., 2013. Globalization and crime. SAGE
- Natarajan, M. ed., 2010. International crime and justice. Cambridge University Press.
- Garland, D., 2001. The culture of control (Vol. 367). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Chambliss, W.J., Michalowski, R. and Kramer, R. eds., 2013. State crime in the global age. Willan.
- Green, P. and Ward, T., 2004. State crime: Governments, violence and corruption. Pluto Press.
- Rothe, D.L., 2009. State criminality: The crime of all crimes. Lexington Books.
- Veitch, S., 2007. Law and irresponsibility: On the legitimation of human suffering. Routledge.
- Norrie, A., 2014. Crime, reason and history: A critical introduction to criminal law. Cambridge University Press.
