Critical criminology constitutes a broad and multi-disciplinary tradition that studies the complex relationships between crime, control and power. The module acquaints students with the richness of writings in this field, the variety of political positions and the development of different traditions in the UK, US and the European continent. Critical criminology has also taken a recent interest in the processes associated with globalisation, thus giving rise to an emerging sub-discipline, global criminology. The module will also examine how this allows new understandings of crime, power and control, which link the global to the local. Various theoretical perspectives will be encountered, including those of new deviancy theory, Marxism, Foucauldian thought, left realism, abolitionism, social harm perspectives and, more recently, cultural criminology.
Lecture 16, Workshop 16
Criminology MA Criminology with a term abroad MA Sociology MA Two year masters versions of the appropriate programmes listed above
1,000 words Essay plan at 20%
3,500 words Essay at 80%- This Assessmnet is Pass Compulsory.
Reassessment Method: Single instrument 100% written assessment (3500 words)
Aas, Katja Franko (2010) "Global Criminology" in E. McLaughlin and T. Newburn (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory. London: Sage Aas, Katja Franko (2007 ) Globalisation and Crime. London: Sage Cohen, S. (1985) Visions of Social Control: Crime, Punishment and Classification. Cambridge, Polity. DeKeseredy, W. (2011) Contemporary Critical Criminology. Abingdon: Routledge Ferrell, J., K. Hayward and J. Young (2008) Cultural Criminology: An Invitation. London: Sage. Findlay, M. (1999) The Globalisation of Crime. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Foucault, M. (1981) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (trans. Alan Sheridan). London: Penguin. Hall, S., et al. (1978) Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order. London: Macmillan. Morrison, W. (2006) Criminology, Civilisation and the New World Order. London: Glasshouse. Ruggiero, V., South, N., and Taylor, I. (eds.) (1998) The New European Criminology: Crime and Social Order in Europe. London: Routledge. Scraton, P. et al. (1987) Law, Order and the Authoritarian State: Readings in Critical Criminology. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. van Swaaningen, R (1997 ) Critical Criminology: Visions from Europe. London: Sage. Taylor, I., Walton, P., and Young, J. (1973) The New Criminology: For a Social Theory of Deviance. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Taylor, I, Walton, P, and Young, J. (1975) Critical Criminology. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Young, J. (1999) The Exclusive Society. London: Sage. Young, J. (2007) The Vertigo of Late Modernity. London: Sage
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1) Critically assess the key concepts associated with critical criminology.
2) Critically evaluate the historical development and different traditions characterising British, continental and American approaches to critical criminology.
3) Critically assess the impact of critical criminological inquiry into global systems of power and oppression, linking the global with the local.
4) Critically and systematically analyse the criminological implications of mass atrocities such as state crime, war, and genocide.
5) Critically explore the nature and application of critical methods to advanced level research and inquiry.
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