Module SOC3126 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC3126: Race, Ethnicity and Criminalisation
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of the module will be on understanding and applying theories of race and racism to the social construction of crime and the operation of the criminal justice system. The module will allow students to understand how crime is situated within a racialised social-historical process. The module will facilitate critical evaluation of the data available on crime related to race and ethnicity. Your will have the opportunity to evaluate in practice the differentiated application of the law, criminal justice system and actions of law enforcement agencies to racialised groups in society. You will have the opportunity to examine US and UK case studies where they will evaluate racialised processes within the criminal justice system.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. critically engage in sociological and criminological approaches to the study of race, ethnicity and crime; 2. understand and apply appropriate theories and concepts to an analysis of racism in a criminological context. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. critically analyse social data regarding race, ethnicity and crime; 4. critically evaluate the evidence on race and the criminal justice system; 5. demonstrate a critical understanding of explanatory perspectives on race, ethnicity and crime. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. demonstrate collaborative skills, in presentations and group discussions of course materials; 7. critically evaluate own work and the work of others; 8. present a clear and effective argument, in oral and written forms; 9. work independently, within a set time frame, to complete an analytical 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:
Bowling, B. and Phillips, C. (2001) Race, Crime and Criminal Justice, Harlow, Longman.
Blagg, H. (2008) Crime, Aboriginality and the Decolonisation of Justice, Cullompton, Willan.
Gilroy, P. (1987) Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation, London: Routledge.
Holdaway, S. (1997) ‘Some recent approaches to the study of race in criminological research: race as a social process’, British Journal of Criminology, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 383–400.
Hall, S., Critcher, C., Jefferson, T., Clarke, J., & Roberts, B. (2013). Policing the crisis: Mugging, the state and law and order. Macmillan International Higher Education.Hughes, G. (2009) ‘Community safety and the governance of problem populations’ in Mooney, G. and Neal, S. (eds) Community: Welfare, Crime and Society, Maidenhead, MacGraw Hill and Open University Press.
Macpherson, W. Sir (1999) The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: Report of an Inquiry by Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, London, Home Office.
Massoumi, N., Mills, T., Miller, D. (2017) What is Islamophobia? Racism, Social Movements and the State London: Pluto
McLaughlin, E. (2009) ‘Community cohesion and national security: rethinking policing and race’ in Bloch, A. and
Ouseley, H. Sir (2001) Community Pride Not Prejudice: Making Diversity Work in Bradford, Bradford, Bradford Vision.
Solomos, J. (eds) Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Scarman, Lord (1981) The Scarman Report: The Brixton Disorders 10–12 April 1981, London, HMSO.
Wacquant, L. (2002) ‘From slavery to mass incarceration: rethinking the “race question” in the US’, New Left Review, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 41–60
Webster, C. (2007) Understanding Race and Crime (Crime and Justice), Buckingham, Open University Press.
