| CODE | CRI2014 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Contemporary and Comparative Criminology | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Criminology | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Criminology deals with phenomena that are continuously changing. Students will be introduced to the field of comparative criminology by exploring key criminological concepts within the context of historical and international comparisons of crime patterns and crime trends, criminal justice policy and theoretical developments. The study-unit will be structured as follows: 1. The different schools of thought on comparative criminology; 2. The history and goals of comparative criminology; 3. Crime in a globalised world; 4. Measurement and the analysis of crime and justice; 5. Methodological approached to comparative studies of crime; 6. The analysis of specific components of the criminal justice system across. the globe, including the police, courts and corrections. Study-unit Aims: To provide an overview of the field of comparative criminology. This is launched by exposing students to the context and the history of comparative criminology whilst outlining the contemporary comparative perspective. This will set the context for forecasting the futures of criminology. The common theoratical and methodological approaches to comparative criminological research will be explored. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. pursue their own particular interests in the comparative field; 2. gain theoretical awareness of the key issues of comparative criminology and criminological research; 3. examine crime and deviance from global and comparative perspectives and on a global scale. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. critically evaluate contemporary and newly emerging debates within the field of criminology as a social science; 2. evaluate the globalising process on crime and on society in the contemporary era; 3. deepen engagement with a wide range of criminological and criminal justice issues across the globe; 4. deliver a presentation on a particular area of interest in the comparative field of criminology. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Farrington, D.P. (2015). Cross-national comparative research on criminal careers, risk factors, crime and punishment. European Journal of Criminology, 12 (2), pp. 386-399. - Sheptycki, J., and Wardak A., Eds.(2005). Transnational and Comparative Criminology (Criminology S), Routledge-Cavendish. - Skoll, G. (2009). Contemporary Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN no 978-0-230-10111-1. - Tonry, M. (2015). Is cross-national and comparative research on the criminal justice system useful? European Journal of Criminology, 12 (2), pp-505-516. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Gianmarco Alberti (Co-ord.) Svetlana Bezzina |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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