A portfolio of 3500 words.
The portfolio will consist of answers to seminar questions which we will discuss in class. Precise details will be provided in your handbook but the portfolio will typically contain 3 answers, each approximately 500 words in length, and a special study of 2000 words with references and bibliographies. The bibliography will not count in the word count [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

An essay of 3500 words [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework

You will examine the forms of transnational organised crime in the contemporary world, paying particular attention to forms of organisation, the Mafia, drugs, people and arms trade, states and illegal practices, transnational corporations and illegal practices and academic approaches to understanding these phenomena.. You will consider consider case studies in depth.

20 hours will be taken up with class contact with another 4 hours available for individual tutorials. 276 hours will be guided independent learning. Whole group contacts will consist of formal lectures and part group contact will be seminars linked
(a) to the material in the lecture course and
(b) to preparation for assessment, guidance to work outside of class and guidance over source materials.

Key Information Set Data:
8% scheduled teaching and learning activities
92% guided independent learning

Abadinsky, Howard (2003) Organized Crime (7th ed.,Wadsworth)
Castells, Manuel (1998) End of Millennium (Blackwell), Ch.3
Dickie, John (2004) Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia (Hodder & Stoughton)
Findlay, Mark (1999) The Globalisation of Crime (Cambridge University Press)
Heyman Josiah McC. (ed) (1999) States and Illegal Practices (Berg)
Lyman, Michael D. & Gary W. Potter (2000, 2nd ed.) Organized Crime (Prentice Hall)

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Internet
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VCR play back facilities
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.