1. On completion of this module, you will be able to identify non-conventional victims, and victimisation beyond traditional frameworks
Knowledge & Understanding; Learning

2. On completion of this module, you will be able to apply victimological concepts and/or a victimological theory
Knowledge & Understanding; Application; Analysis

3. On completion of this module, you will be able to illustrate group work skills and presentational skills Application; Communication; Problem solving; Reflection

4. On completion of this module, you will be able to utilise research, evaluation and IT skills to produce a critically informed individual case study
Application; Communication; Problem solving; Reflection

The Group Poster Presentation will assess students’ achievement of Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3
The Individual Case Study will assess students’ achievement of Learning Outcomes 1,2 and 4

Using victimological theory, this module aims to explore with students concepts such as: conventional victims, non-conventional victims, victimisation, victimology and zemiology; to examine harm and victimisation beyond traditional frameworks; to investigate crime and harm committed by the powerful; and to examine regulatory frameworks and to assess the extent to which they deliver criminal and/or social justice; and to acknowledge and understand resistance and redress.

Topics covered in the module:

• Crime, harm, and victimisation
• Victimology, victims and zemiology (the study of social harms)
• Non-conventional forms of crime and harm including crimes and harms that go beyond traditional frameworks
• Crimes and harm committed by the powerful
• Regulatory frameworks, criminal justice, social justice and injustice
• Resistance and redress

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.

Corteen, K., Morley, S., Taylor, P., & Turner, J. (Eds.). (2016). A companion to crime, harm and victimisation. Brisotl, United Kingdom: Policy Press.
Dorling, D., Gordon. D., Hillyard, P., Pantazis, S., & Tombs, S. (Eds.). (2008). Criminal obsessions: Why harm matters more than crime, (2nd Ed.). London, United Kingdom: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
Friedrichs, D. (2010). Trusted criminals: White collar crime in contemporary society, (4th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworh Cengage Learning.
Hall, S., & Winlow, S. (Eds.). (2012). New directions in criminological theory. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Kramer, R.C., & Michalowski, R. (Eds.). (2006). State-corporate crime. New Brunswick: NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Mawby, R. I., & Walklate, S. (1994). Critical victimology. London, United Kingdom: Sage.
Slapper, G., & Tombs, S. (1999). Corporate crime. Essex, United Kingdom: Longman.
Tombs, S., & Whyte, D. (Eds.) (2003). Unmasking the crimes of the powerful: Scrutinizing states and corporations. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Whyte, D. (2004). ‘Corporate crime and regulation’, in J. Muncie & D. Wilson (Eds.). The student handbook of criminology and criminal justice. London, United Kingdom: Cavendish.
Whyte, D. (Eds.). (2009). Crimes of the powerful: A reader. Berkshire, United Kingdom: Open University Press.
Williams, B., & Chong, H. (Eds.), (2009). Victims and victimisation: A reader. Maidenhead, United Kingdom: Open University Press.

• 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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Using victimological theory, this module aims to explore with students concepts such as: conventional victims, non-conventional victims, victimisation, victimology and zemiology; to examine harm and victimisation beyond traditional frameworks; to investigate crime and harm committed by the powerful; and to examine regulatory frameworks and to assess the extent to which they deliver criminal and/or social justice; and to acknowledge and understand resistance and redress.

Topics covered in the module:

• Crime, harm, and victimisation
• Victimology, victims and zemiology (the study of social harms)
• Non-conventional forms of crime and harm including crimes and harms that go beyond traditional frameworks
• Crimes and harm committed by the powerful
• Regulatory frameworks, criminal justice, social justice and injustice
• Resistance and redress