Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SOC1039: Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Aims

* Introduce you to central issues within the study of crime and deviance

* Situate the study of crime and its causes within the social sciences as a whole

* Foster understanding of the varied qualitative and quantitative methodologies for assessing crime

* Enable you to undertake independent research

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills1. Demonstrate an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of theories of crime and deviance;
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the qualitative and quantitative methodological foundations of criminology;
3. Identify and locate relevant materials and information in support of research;
4. Synthesise and critically assess the relationship between disciplinary approaches to crime;
Discipline-Specific Skills5. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate literature (theoretical and empirical investigations);
6. Conduct independent criminological research;
Personal and Key Skills7. Conduct independent criminological research;
8. Apply social research insights and findings to problems confronting our society; and
9. Demonstrate the ability to work independently, within a limited time frame, and without access to external sources, to complete a specified task.

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:

Elmsley, C., Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 (2010) Longman

Jewkes, Y. and G. Letherby (eds.) 2002. Criminology.

Maguire, M., Morgan, R. and Reiner, R. (eds.) (1997) The Oxford Handbook in Criminology.

Morrison, W., Theoretical Criminology, from modernity to postmodernism [1995] Routledge-Cavendish

Musson, A., Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages (2010), Manchester University Press.

Waddington, PAJ. (1999) Policing Citizens.

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