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SP22126: Crime, harm and the environment

[Page last updated: 23 May 2025]

Academic Year: 2025/26
Owning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWES 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework (CWES 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit, students will be able to:
  • Critically assess interdisciplinary theoretical contributions related to environmental harm and apply them to real-world examples, analysing their economic, social and political interplays.
  • Compare different approaches to grappling with green criminology, climate change and environmental issues in the global north and global south.
  • Analyse empirical cases, supported by relevant theory, towards the production of a briefing report which raises critiques, questions and challenges related to environmental harm.



Synopsis: Explore theories of 'green criminology' and environmental harm. You'll deepen your knowledge of how ecological and environmental crises occur, who suffers as a result and possible interventions. Using an interdisciplinary approach, you'll study the triggers, impacts and interventions of ecological crises. This will help you to develop a holistic understanding of the impact human life has on the environment and the potentially devastating consequences for future generations (human and non-human).

Content: Indicative lecture programme This proposed unit will be framed into three blocks or themes across the semester. The focus on blocks, rather than weekly theme or case programming, allows for the unit to be adaptable to changing co-teaching teams and evolving emergent knowledge in these research areas. Block 1 will introduce key theoretical questions and debates that emerge in green criminology and international development. Block 2 engages with the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on societies and the landscape. Block 3 looks forwards, focussing on key areas of intervention in these debates, connecting themes of environmental harm and ecological degradation in policy and praxis. Indicative schedule and suggested teachers as follows: Block 1: Key Questions Week 1: Introduction: Green crime and zemiology Week 2: Conflict, slow violence and the environment Week 3: Green victims Week 4: Reading week Block 2: Impact Week 5: Conflict and environmental harms Week 6: Natural resources and extraction Week 7: War against animals Block 3: Action Week 8: Eco-justice and Activism Week 9: Centring Non-Western Perspectives Week 10: Politics of climate change futures Week 11: Recapping Key Themes + Assessment Guidance This unit will be co-taught across the SPS department, with contributions from staff with various areas of expertise, depending on workload and availability. Co-teachers may include:
  • Polly Winfield
  • Peter Manning
  • Martin Savransky
  • Ben Radley
  • Yixian Sun
  • Roy Maconachie
To account for flexibility in co-teaching availability, we have coverage to provide sessions wider topics, such as:
  • Toxicity
  • Rights of nature
  • Regulating green crime


Skills: This unit introduces, analyses and critiques concepts and cases related to green criminology, environmental harm and ecological crises. By engaging with this unit, students will foster the following skills:
  • Develop deep critical thinking skills in relation to themes of crime, harm and justice, as adaptable and intersecting approaches reflected across the SPS department
  • Refine their critical thinking skills by honing an interdisciplinary understanding and approach to the intersection of crime, harm and the environment
  • Enhance their expertise in global environmental challenges, applying key theory to global cases towards identifying key challenges and solutions
  • Develop social research methods skills by researching and designing a podcast episode through the assessment, including the development of interview questions
  • Develop a deeper understanding of environmental challenges and sustainability, which would be desirable knowledge in future - both at the university and future employment


Aims: This unit aims to develop an in depth understanding of the theory, impact and approaches to environmental harm, ecological crises and climate change. By exploring the theoretical, economic, social and political dimensions of these crises, the unit invites critical engagement with the need for interdisciplinary, globalised and sustainable approaches to dealing with such crises.

Course availability:

SP22126 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Criminology (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Criminology with professional placement (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AFB31 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AKB31 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics with professional placement (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AFB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AKB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with professional placement (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AFB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AKB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with professional placement (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AFB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AFB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AKB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with professional placement (Year 2)
  • UHSP-AKB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with professional placement (Year 2)

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