Access to:
Blackboard
Powerpoint/OHP projection facilities
Internet and email
VCR/DVD playback facilities

Black S. & Ferguson E. (eds) (2011) Forensic Anthropology. Taylor & Francis.
Byers S. N. (2002) Introduction to Forensic Anthropology. Allyn & Bacon
Eller, J. (2007) Introducing the Anthropology of Religion. London. Routledge.
Eller, J.. (2009) Cultural Anthropology. London. Routledge.
Greenwood, S. (2009) The Anthropology of Magic. Berg.
Hester S. & Eglin P. (1992) A Sociology of Crime. Routledge
Jackson A. & M. (2004) Forensic Science. Prentice Hall.
Kingdom, Z. (2002) A Host of Devils, Routledge
Malinowski, B. (1926) Crime & Custom in Savage Society. RKP.
Parkin, R. (1996) The Dark Side of Humanity, Routledge.
Robertson B. & Vignaux G. (1995) Interpreting Evidence: Evaluating Forensic Science in the Court room. John Wiley.

Whole group lectures, supported by seminars/workshops. Seminars will support students' learning through encouraging students to engage with the major themes and ideas introduced in lectures and through promoting the further development of subject and other key skills. In addition, seminars will support and guide students in the use of independent study time in order to prepare for workshops, and in order to fulfil assessment requirements. Directed study schemes form an explicit part of the independent learning strategy, requiring students to work on particular materials, issues and concepts. Students are also encouraged to seek individual tutorial guidance to support their learning and/or to prepare for assessment as required.

Key Information Set:
20% scheduled learning and teaching activities comprising:
Lectures
Seminars
Formative assessments

80% guided independent learning activities comprising:
Guided reading and research
Personal tutorials
Preparation for scheduled sessions
Completion of assessment tasks
Exam practice and revision

This module moves between the study of natural & social science. It commences with the natural science Darwinian informed study of physical anthropology with its practical application in forensic anthropology. Students will consider hominid and primate anatomy and evolution. Students will explore the nature of evidence explanation and description within the natural and social sciences, issues in the philosophy of science. The module examines the place of forensic anthropology within crime scene investigations and police work. Students will study how the police and forensic anthropologists carry out their practical work. Students will explore the relationship between forensic anthropology and a number of related disciplines including forensic linguistics, archaeology, paleontology, anthropometry, socio-cultural anthropology, sociology and criminology. Students will examine the status of DNA and other crime scene evidence within police work and the socio legal system. The social construction and analysis of forensic data and the work of the courts.
Students will then consider themes from within socio cultural anthropology that explore issues of social morality, norms and values, crime and punishment, systems of reciprocity, rights and obligations. Students will explore notions of good and evil, conformity and deviance, social control and social responsibility, community and belief systems. The comparative study of forms of knowledge that include magic, religion and science, forms of rationality. A range of illustrative materials and ethnographic case studies will be explored to indicate something of how formal and informal socio cultural legal systems exert moral authority over the individual. Students will explore the relationship between social structure and the individual. Students will be introduced to the manner in which conceptions of good and evil permeate moral debates within social life.

2 X Essays (3500 words each, weighted at 50% each) Learning Outcomes 1-7

Key Information Set:
100% coursework