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 Aims
This module aims to give participants first-hand experience of developing and delivering a policy brief on a contemporary issue in criminology, with a particular focus on the police, prisons and detention and the justice system. In so doing, it will give them the opportunity to explore theoretical debates about policy change, to discuss substantive policy issues in social and criminal justice and to develop practical employability skills, including oral, written and presentational skills.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate detailed knowledge of a contemporary policy issue in criminology; 2. Generate and justify recommendations around a contemporary policy issue in criminology; 3. Understand and apply theories of policy change; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. Analyse contemporary policy issues in criminology; 5. Understand and assess theory pertaining to criminology policy; |
Personal and Key Skills | 6. Plan, develop and deliver a clear and well-timed poster presentation; 7. Demonstrate the basic design and / or PowerPoint skills necessary to produce a visually pleasing, understandable poster; 8. Plan, develop and deliver a policy briefing with an Executive Summary. |
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