This module provides you with a critical overview of criminological theory since 1980. It builds on and extends the foundational curriculum which introduced students to the field of criminology.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Syllabus
History of politics in criminology
Recap of early sociological theories of crime and deviance
The Left and criminology
The Right and criminology: Crime as a choice
Left and Right Realism
Contemporary Issues I: Gender and Crime
Contemporary Issues II: Harms (Zemiology) Versus Crimes (Criminology)
Contemporary issues III: Green criminology
Contemporary issues IV: Criminalising cyberspace
Contemporary Issues V Cultural criminology
Contemporary issues VI: Applying Cultural Criminology: The Power of the Image within Extremist Propaganda
Contemporary Issues VII: What’s the problem with (white) men? ‘Toxic masculinity’, white nationalism and crime
Crime versus Harm: Should criminology consider harms as crime? Constructing Ideal Masculinity in the Manosphere and Far Right Cultures Online
Deconstructing the mainstream discourse on crime
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures and tutorials with blended learning sessions
