SC304-6-SP-CO:
Globalisation and Crime
2024/25
Sociology and Criminology
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
15
24 April 2024
Requisites for this module
SC204
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BA L333 Criminology with Counselling Skills,
BA L334 Criminology with Counselling Skills (Including Year Abroad),
BA L335 Criminology with Counselling Skills (Including Placement Year),
BA L620 Politics with Criminology,
BA L621 Politics with Criminology (Including Placement Year),
BA L622 Politics with Criminology (Including Year Abroad)
This module examines contemporary developments in criminology, crime and the governance of crime, focusing in particular on the effects of globalisation upon crime, criminology and criminal justice.
The aims of this module are:
- To consider the effects that globalisation has on our understanding of large-scale social harms, including ecocide, genocide and insecurity in global cities; a southern criminological perspective will guide learning in this part of the module.
- To consider questions about the changing nature and function of contemporary states and the problems of balancing human rights with human security will be tackled throughout the module.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of key theoretical debates of southern global criminology and reflect on large-scale social harms through this lens.
- Understand the role of states in the commission of criminal activities (including state crime) and for the evolution of global criminological critical perspectives.
- Read and understand complex information on topics related to global criminology, state crimes, and cross-border and international justice from a southern global perspective.
- Comment on contemporary events through the lenses of critical debates in global criminology.
- Autonomously reflect on contemporary events linked to topics of global criminology.
Please click on the link below to view the Introduction video to SC304 Globalisation and Crime https://moodle.essex.ac.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=668570
This module will be delivered via:
- A weekly, two-hour seminar. All teaching will be face-to-face.
All readings, exercises and supplementary material for each week’s topic will be on Moodle –make sure you use the Moodle page!
You are expected to attend the lecture and do the provided reading each week before class.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non-essential items, please refer to the module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Factsheet and critical analysis |
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100% |
Additional coursework information
Assessment information can be found on Moodle.
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
Dr Sobia Ahmad Kaker, email: s.kaker@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Sobia Ahmed Kaker
Jane Harper, Undergraduate Administrator (Years 2/3), email: socugrad@essex.ac.uk, telephone: 01206 873052
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Dr Emily Gray
University of Warwick
Assistant Professor of Criminology
Available via Moodle
Of 628 hours, 8 (1.3%) hours available to students:
620 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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