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SP12006: Crime and society

[Page last updated: 23 May 2025]

Academic Year: 2025/26
Owning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWPF 60%, CWRI 40%
Assessment Detail:
  • Portfolio (CWPF 60%)
  • Short report (CWRI 40% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1) Outline and discuss different conceptions of 'crime', and critically evaluate how these different definitions are deployed in policy, politics, and public debate 2) Identify and assess ways in which crime, and societal responses to it, are subject to historical and cultural change 3) Interpret and synthesise different sources of evidence about crime 4) Describe and apply competing theoretical explanations for crime


Synopsis: Study the criminological debate about crime. You'll look at competing definitions of 'crime', how the 'problem of crime' has been differently-constructed over time, and the political uses of 'crime' and criminal justice. You'll explore core theoretical debates around the causes of and explanations for criminal offending, and examine the history of criminology as an academic discipline (with a focus on its relationship to cognate disciplines like sociology, psychology, and philosophy).

Content: Explore the criminological debate about crime - that is, competing definitions of 'crime', how the 'problem of crime' has been differently-constructed over time, and the political uses of 'crime' and criminal justice.

Course availability:

SP12006 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

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