Module Descriptors
DOING DRUGS: POLICING ILLEGAL DRUG USE
SOCY60229
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Michael Ball
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 22
Independent Study Hours: 278
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 50%
  • COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
One coursework essay [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3]
One coursework essay [Learning Outcomes 1,3,4,5]
Module Resources
Library. Internet. e-mail. TV& Video play back.
OHP. Audio Tape equipment.

Module Learning Strategies
For 300 hours, of which 22 will be class contact (with 10 hours whole group contact and 12 hours part group contact) and 278 hours will be guided independent learning. Whole group contact will consist of formal lectures and part group contact of more informal seminars. Seminars will be organised around discussions and the use of audio-visual material, and will also offer general guidance for students' studies. Source materials will include printed materials such as books and journal articles, and electronic sources such as the Internet and CD-ROMs. Independent learning will consist of preparation for seminars, following up issues via texts and other sources and preparation of assessment.
Module Texts
South N. (1998) Drugs: Cultures Controls and Everyday Life. Sage.
Greenwood S. (2000) Magic, Wichcraft and the Otherworld. Berg.
Lyman M. D. (2000) Practical Drug Enforcement. CRC Press.
Waddington I. (2000) Sport Health and Drugs. Routledge.
McNight D. (2002) From Hunting to Drinking. Routledge.

Module Indicative Content
The module explores the history and comparative anthropology of drug use and abuse. It offers an assessment of social morality as it applies to drug use. You will study drug use and abuse in terms of deviance and conformity, crime and punishment, identity and community. You will also explore police work and the control of the misuse of drugs in a range of social contexts, drug abuse in various areas of social life including sport and "recreational" use.