SC555-7-AU-CO:
Formative Debates in Criminology
2023/24
Sociology and Criminology
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
20
14 September 2023
Requisites for this module
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SC655
MA M90012 Criminology,
MSC L30812 Criminology and Socio-Legal Research,
MA MF9112 Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security,
MA L31812 Sociology and Criminology,
MPHDML9048 Criminology,
PHD ML9048 Criminology
This course examines historical and contemporary debates around theoretical criminology, criminalisation, globalisation, social deviance, social control, and punishment. We will address and consider key texts and research studies that have made a significant contribution to challenging our conventional understanding of the problem of crime, what we know about it, how, and what to do about it. In particular, we look at the emerging horizons for criminology, at both long-established and more recently developing contestations in the field, and at the ways in which criminology has been evolving for better or worse over the past decades.
To engage in in-depth analysis of foundational texts and discuss their contemporary relevance;
To enable students to make links between formative texts, theories and debates and current issues and developments in the field.
Having completed the module, students will have a solid understanding of formative criminological debates and an ability to discuss them and their contemporary relevance.
No additional information available.
Most modules at postgraduate level in Sociology are taught as a 2hr seminar. Most classes, labs and seminars will be taught face-to-face (assuming social distancing allows this). There may also be some online activities – either timetabled as a live online session or available on Moodle in the form of pre-recorded videos. You will be expected to watch this material and engage with any suggested activities before your seminar/class each week.
Please note that you should be spending up to ten hours per week undertaking your own private study (reading, preparing for classes or assignments, etc.) on each of your modules (e.g. 30 hours in total for three 20--credit modules).
This module, SC555 will include a range of activities to help you and your teachers to check your understanding and progress. These include: forum discussions, small group exercises, reading based targeted questions, reflexive exercises, and more.
You are strongly encouraged to attend the classes/seminars as they provide an opportunity to talk with your class teacher and other students. The classes/seminars will be captured and available via Listen Again. However, if you want to gain the most you can from these seminars/classes it is very important that you attend and engage. Please note that the recording of seminars/classes is at the discretion of the teacher.
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Newburn, T. (2017) ‘Crime and punishment in history’, in
Criminology. Third Edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/141030.
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Liebling, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. (eds) (2023a)
The Oxford handbook of criminology. 7th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198860914.003.0023.
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Bosworth, M. and Hoyle, C. (2011)
What is criminology? Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571826.001.0001.
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Liebling, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. (eds) (2017)
The Oxford handbook of criminology. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/273544.
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Rothe, D. and Kauzlarich, D. (2022)
Crimes of the powerful: white-collar crime and beyond. Second edition. London, England: Routledge. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.4324/9781003124603.
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Xenakis, S. and Cheliotis, L.K. (2019) ‘Whither neoliberal penality? The past, present and future of imprisonment in the US’,
Punishment & Society, 21(2), pp. 187–206. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474517751911.
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Dal Santo, L. (2023) ‘Mass incarceration in times of economic growth and inclusion? Three steps to understand contemporary imprisonment in Brazil’,
Theoretical Criminology [Preprint]. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806231169727.
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Aas, K.F. (2012) ‘(In)security-at-a-distance: rescaling justice, risk and warfare in a transnational age’,
Global Crime, 13(4), pp. 235–253. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2012.715391.
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Bowling, B. (2009) ‘Transnational Policing: The Globalization Thesis, a Typology and a Research Agenda’,
Policing, 3(2), pp. 149–160. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pap001.
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Terwiel, A. (2020) ‘What Is Carceral Feminism?’,
Political Theory, 48(4), pp. 421–442. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591719889946.
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Pérez, M. and Radi, B. (2020) ‘Gender punitivism: Queer perspectives on identity politics in criminal justice’,
Criminology & Criminal Justice, 20(5), pp. 523–536. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820941561.
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Aliverti, A.
et al. (2021) ‘Decolonizing the criminal question’,
Punishment & Society, 23(3), pp. 297–316. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745211020585.
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Carrington, K.
et al. (eds) (2018)
Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South. Cham: Springer. Available at:
https://link-springer-com.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/book/10.1007/978-3-319-65021-0.
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Brisman, A. and South, N. (eds) (2020)
Routledge international handbook of green criminology. Second edition. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.4324/9781315207094.
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Lynch, M.J., Stretesky, P.B. and Long, M.A. (2018) ‘Green criminology and native peoples: The treadmill of production and the killing of indigenous environmental activists’,
Theoretical Criminology, 22(3), pp. 318–341. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480618790982.
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Liebling, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. (eds) (2023b)
The Oxford handbook of criminology. Seventh edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/he/9780198860914.003.0037.
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Barker, V. and Smith, P.S. (2021) ‘This is Denmark: Prison Islands and the Detention of Immigrants’,
The British Journal of Criminology, 61(6), pp. 1540–1556. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab016.
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Pali, B. and Schuilenburg, M. (2020) ‘Fear and Fantasy in the Smart City’,
Critical Criminology, 28(4), pp. 775–788. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-019-09447-7.
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Tombs, S. and Whyte, D. (2003) ‘Unmasking the Crimes of the Powerful’,
Critical Criminology, 11(3), pp. 217–236. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CRIT.0000005811.87302.17.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Reading-based reflexive exercise, 800 words |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Critical Review |
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30% |
| Coursework |
Essay |
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50% |
Additional coursework information
There are two assignments for this module:
i) One critical review (see end of the outline for more guidelines on this assignment) of 1000 words maximum
ii) An essay from the list provided (last page of this guide) of 3,000 words maximum.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Yes
No
Yes
Prof Benjamin Bradford
University College London
Professor
Available via Moodle
Of 21 hours, 21 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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