SP12005: Critical thinkers in criminology
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CWPF 60%, CWRI 40% |
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By the end of this unit students will be able to:
1) Summarise academic texts critically and carefully and take meaningful notes on them;
2) Describe the trajectory of criminology, how it has developed over the last half-century and which other fields and disciplines it draws upon and has influenced;
3) Identify and analyse some of the most important 'watershed' publications in criminology;
4) Discuss what makes a work 'classic' and analyse how these works have shaped our understanding of criminological issues;
5) Describe how 'key thinkers'' biographies have influenced their thinking and published work;
6) Identify differences in argumentation and theoretical/methodological approach. |
| Synopsis: | Study the development of criminology as an academic discipline via detailed consideration of the lives and works of some of the scholars who have shaped its evolution. In so doing, you will be introduced to key theoretical approaches including, for example, classicism, feminism, deviancy theory, studies of incarceration, cultural criminology, and studies of state power. |
| Content: | Study the development of criminology as an academic discipline via detailed consideration of the lives and works of some of the scholars who have shaped its evolution. |
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SP12005 is Compulsory on the following courses:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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