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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: SOC1013 Module Title: CRIME & SOCIETY
Module Provider: Sociology Short Name: SOC1013
Level: HE1 Module Co-ordinator: BRUNTON-SMITH IR Mr (Sociology)
Number of credits: 10 Number of ECTS credits: 5
 
Module Availability

Year
Assessment Pattern
One 1500-2000 word essay (50%) and a written exam (50%)
Module Overview

This module offers students a comprehensive introduction to the sociological study of crime and deviance. The module aims to think of crime sociologically and to explore patterns of crime and deviance in relation to the organization of contemporary society. In order to do achieve this, the module will explore crime and responses to crime by focusing on a number of substantive areas, including:

 

 

 

 

• The reporting, recording and measurement of crime

 

 

• ‘Causes’ of crime

 

 

• Crime, gender and sexuality

 

 

• Ethnicity and crime

 

 

• Childhood, age and crime

 

 

• Crime and emotion

 

 

• Internet crime

 

 

• Crime and the media

 

 

• Terrorism and crime

 

 

• Victims and victimization

 

 
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims
Learning Outcomes

Having completed this module, students should:

 

 

 

 

1. Have developed a sociological approach to understanding crime and deviance and understand the distinctive features of this approach.

2. Understand the inter-relationship between patterns of crime and the organization of  contemporary society.

3. Be able to understand crime in relation to the existence and organization of forms of social differentiation.

 

 

 
Module Content

This module offers students a comprehensive introduction to the sociological study of crime and deviance. The module aims to think of crime sociologically and to explore patterns of crime and deviance in relation to the organization of contemporary society. In order to do achieve this, the module will explore crime and responses to crime by focusing on a number of substantive areas, including:

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The reporting, recording and measurement of crime

 

 

 

• ‘Causes’ of crime

 

 

 

• Crime, gender and sexuality

 

 

 

• Ethnicity and crime

 

 

 

• Childhood, age and crime

 

 

 

• Crime and emotion

 

 

 

• Internet crime

 

 

 

• Crime and the media

 

 

 

• Terrorism and crime

 

 

 

• Victims and victimization

 

 

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Lectures and tutorials
Selected Texts/Journals

• Carrabine, E. et.al. (2004) Criminology: A sociological introduction. Routledge

 

 

• Carrabine, E. et.al. (2004) Crime in Modern . Oxford University Press.

 

 

• Croall, H (1998) Crime and Society in : An Introduction. Longmann.

 

 

• Hale, C. et. al (2005) Criminology. Oxford University Press.

 

 

 

 

 
Last Updated
Sept 2010