SO409 Not available in 2011/12
Crime and Society: Concepts and Method
This information is for the 2011/12 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Paddy Rawlinson, STC. S279 Availability
Optional for MSc Sociology, MSc Social Policy and Planning, MSc Social Research Methods, MSc Criminal Justice Policy and the LLM. Students taking this course will normally be expected to have a Social Science or Law degree or an appropriate professional qualification. This course is capped. Students are required to obtain permission from the Sociology department to take this course, unless it is a compulsory course for their programme.
Course content
The analysis of deviance, crime and social control. The course offers students an introduction to concepts and problems in the sociology of crime, deviance and control; a review of major theories of deviance and control; empirical examples of deviance and major forms of social control. Students are encouraged to examine substantive criminological studies and the theoretical and methodological concepts that underpin them.
Teaching
Seminars: SO409 10 MT, 10 LT and three ST. Course requirement
Attendance at all seminars and submission of all set coursework is required.
Indicative reading
Reading list: D Downes & P Rock, Understanding Deviance (2007); Hillyard, P et al (2004) Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously, London, Pluto Press
S Cohen, Visions of Social Control (1985); M Maguire, et al (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 4th edn (2007).
A more detailed reading list will be provided at the first seminar.
Assessment
Three copies each of two 5,000 word essays. Two hard copies of the first to be handed in to the Sociology Administration Office, S219a, no later than 4.30pm on the second Friday of LT. Two hard copies of the second to be handed in to the Sociology Administration Office, S219a, no later than 4.30pm on the second Tuesday of ST. Third copies of each to be posted to Moodle. ^
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