OHP, Internet, e-mail, VCR play back facilities.

A portfolio of 3000 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 1500 words with references and bibliographies. The bibliography will not count in the word count.

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. 126 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.

Albanese, J.S. and Reichel, P.L. (2014) Transnational organized crime: an overview from six continents. London: Sage
Bruinsma, G. (ed.) (2015) Histories of Transnational Crime. New York: Springer
Galeotti, M. (2014) Global Crime Today: The Changing Face of Organised Crime. Abingdon: Routledge.
Madsen, F. (2009) Transnational Organised Crime. Abingdon: Routledge
McCarthy, D.M.P. (2011) An economic history of organized crime: a national and transnational approach. London: Routledge.
Roth, M.P. (2010) Global Organized Crime. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing Group.

This module examines 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. Module Code: SOCY60370