Module SOC2063 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC2063: Policy Analysis in Criminology
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:
- Introduction
- Theoretical frameworks on policy change
- The role of academics in bringing about policy change
- The role of other actors in bringing about policy change
- Case studies
- One of more issues around policy-making in the police (which may include use of force, stop and search, special constabulary, equality and diversity issues and other topics of public policy concern)
- One or more issues around policy-making with regards to the judiciary, sentencing, legal and due process (which may include the use of magistrates, judges and juries; forms of sentencing and sentencing alternatives, IPP sentences, equality and diversity issues)
- One or more issues around policy making-in detention (which may include immigration detention, equality and diversity issues, prison monitoring and oversight)
- One or more policy issues elsewhere in the broader criminology landscape
- Limits and unintended consequences of policies
- Planning for and evaluations of policies
- The ‘impact agenda’
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 |
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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 |
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Scheduled learning and teaching activity | 11 | 11 x 1 hr lectures |
Scheduled learning and teaching activity | 11 | 11 x 1 hr seminars |
Guided independent study | 28 | Reading for seminars |
Guided independent study | 30 | Preparation of poster |
Guided independent study | 70 | Preparation of policy briefing |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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.
McDowell, M.G. & Fernandez, L.A. (2018) ‘Disband, Disempower, and Disarm’: Amplifying the Theory and Practice of Police Abolition’ Critical Criminology 26: 373
Martin Innes, A ‘Mirror’ and a ‘Motor’: Researching and Reforming Policing in an Age of Austerity, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127–134
Wolf, B and De Angelis, J (2011) ‘Tasers, Accountability, and Less Lethal Force: Keying in on the Contentious Construction of Police Electroshock Weapons’ International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory 4 (2): 657-673