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Crime, Culture & Social Change - SOC00013I

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  • Department: Sociology
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Carol Robinson
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: I
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
    • See module specification for other years: 2021-22

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23
B Spring Term 2022-23

Module aims

The aims of this module are to:

  • To provide a theoretically informed, and critical understanding of sociological and contemporary cultural perspectives on crime, deviance, disorder and harm
  • Instil an appreciation of the links between social changes and crime (including connections between individual and society and shifting nature of global capitalism)
  • Convey the diverse range of social, economic and political forces that affect patterns and experiences of crime, disorder and harm

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • Engage with the sociology of capitalism, consumerism and identity and their links to issues of crime and disorder;
  • Understand a range of key concepts related to crime, deviance and the roles of culture and social change;
  • Consider the rise of cultural frameworks applied to crime, disorder and social harm;

Indicative assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Visiting Student Assessment
Essay		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Visiting Student Assessment
Essay		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Feedback is in written form.

Indicative reading

Carrabine, E., Iganski, P., Lee, M. and Plummer, K. (2004) Criminology: A sociological introduction, London: Routledge.

Ferrell, J., Hayward, K. and Young, J. (2008) Cultural Criminology: An Invitation, London: Sage.

Ferrell, J., Hayward, K., Morrison, W. and Presdee, M. (2004) Cultural Criminology Unleashed, London: Routledge-Cavendish.


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