1. On completion of this module, you will be able to explain the social patterning in crime in terms of age, class, race and gender
Knowledge & Understanding; communication

2. On completion of this module, you will be able to evaluate a range of key criminological concepts Analysis; reflection

3. On completion of this module, you will be able to construct reasoned arguments about the relationship between crime, offenders and/or victims of crime
Communication;

The critical review will assess all three learning outcomes
The film will be chosen by the module leader

Introduction to Criminology intends to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the key issues and debates in criminology that they will develop in levels 5 and 6 of their degree. Students will consider how crime is constructed, perceived and responded to within society. They will explore the inter-relationships between crime, social problems and their context. The module is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of subject knowledge and to develop a range of key skills, including research, scholarship and academic practices, thus enabling students to identify, summarise and comment upon a variety of subject matters in a criminological manner, and to organise and articulate ideas and arguments.
Topics the module aims to cover are:

• Limitations of the term 'crime'
• Criminological explanations of crime
• The problems of measuring crime
• Media representations and moral panic
• Victims and perpetrators of crime
• White collar and corporate crime
• The social characteristics of criminality - including age, class, race and gender
• Drugs, alcohol and crime
• Violent crime

For 150 hours, of which 26 will be class contact and 124 hours will be guided independent study. Whole group contact will consist of lectures and workshops.

• Carrabine, E. et al. (2014) Criminology: a Sociological Introduction. London, Routledge.
• Corteen, K., Morley, S., Taylor, P. & Turner, J. (eds.) (2016). A Companion to Crime, Harm and Victimisation, Bristol, Policy Press.
• Harrison, J. (2012). Study skills for criminology. London, Sage.
• Hayward, K. J., Maruna, S., & Mooney, J. (2010). Fifty key thinkers in criminology. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
• Finch, E., & Fafinski, S. (2012). Criminology skills. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
• Jewkes, Y. and Leatherby, G. (eds.) (2002). Criminology: A Reader. Sage.
• Maguire, M., Morgan, R., & Reiner, R. (eds.) (2012). The Oxford handbook of criminology. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
• Morley, S., Corteen, K., Turner, J. & Taylor, P. (eds.) (2017) A Companion to State Power, Rights and Liberties, Bristol, Policy Press.
• Newburn, T. (2017) Criminology. London, Routledge.
• McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (eds.) (2012). The Sage Dictionary of Criminology (3rd edition). London, Sage.
• Tierney, J. and O’Neill, M. (2009) Criminology: Theory and Context. London, Pearson.
• Treadwell, J. (2012) Criminology: The Basics. London, Sage.

• The library
• PCs with standard suite of University software providing access to e-mail, the internet, word processing, etc.
• Lecture rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work
• The Blackboard virtual learning environment

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Introduction to Criminology: This module introduces you to the key issues and debates in criminology that you will encounter throughout the rest of your degree. On the module, you consider how crime is constructed, perceived and responded to within society, and explore the inter-relationships between crime, social problems and their context. The module is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of criminology and to develop a range of key skills, including research, scholarship and academic practices, thus enabling you to identify, summarise and comment upon a variety of subject matters in a criminological manner, and to organise and articulate ideas and arguments.