SC561-7-SP-CO:
Global Security Challenges
2020/21
Sociology and Criminology
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Sunday 17 January 2021
Friday 26 March 2021
20
29 June 2020
Requisites for this module
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MSC MF9012 Organised Crime, Terrorism and Security,
MSC L31124 Migration Studies
This module will critically assess current research, policies and practices related to current global security challenges, including those relating to human rights, climate change, migration, health, and the cybersphere
The module will engage students with complex issues both systematically and creatively, with the fields of security studies, criminology, legal theory and philosophy. Topics will include the developing concept of security, cybercrime and cyber security, the surveillance industry, international policing, transnational crime and alternative security actors such as hacktivists and whistleblowers. The module is an opportunity to open up new thinking and to expand career opportunities within the security industry and the criminal justice sector, nationally and internationally.
By the end of the course, students should:
a) Be able to show an understanding of the contemporary debates in global security.
b) Have developed a critical awareness of the broad social, cultural, economic and political aspects of global security challenges.
c) Be able to assess the intersections of different fields in researching global security challenges.
d) Be able to make sound judgements in the complexity of data related to global security challenges and communicate these ideas clearly.
Please note that assessment information is currently showing for 2019-20 and will be updated in September.
No information available.
- Marta Poblet; Jonathan Kolieb. (2018) 'Responding to Human Rights Abuses in the Digital Era: New Tools, Old Challenges', in Stanford Journal of International Law. vol. 54 (2) , pp.259-283
- VG exposed the largest child sexual abuse forum. It was run by the police., https://www.vg.no/spesial/2017/undercover-darkweb/?lang=en
- Waldron, Jeremy. (2003-06) 'Security and Liberty: The Image of Balance*', in Journal of Political Philosophy. vol. 11 (2) , pp.191-210
- Minárik, Tomáš; Osula, Anna-Maria. (2016-02) 'Tor does not stink: Use and abuse of the Tor anonymity network from the perspective of law', in Computer Law & Security Review. vol. 32 (1) , pp.111-127
- Roderick S. Graham. (October 19, 2017 12.33am BST) 'The difference between cybersecurity and cybercrime, and why it matters', in The Conversation.
- Yar, Majid; Steinmetz, Kevin F. (2019) Cybercrime and society, Los Angeles: SAGE.
- Rothschild, Emma. (no date) What is Security?.
- Elbe, Stefan. (2006) 'Should HIV/AIDS Be Securitized? The Ethical Dilemmas of Linking HIV/AIDS and Security', in International Studies. vol. 50 (1) , pp.119-144
- Wall, David S.; Williams, Matthew L. (2013) 'Policing cybercrime: Networked and social media technologies and the challenges for policing', in Policing & Society. vol. 23 (4) , pp.409-412
- The Securitization of COVID-19: Three Political Dilemmas | Global Policy Journal, https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/25/03/2020/securitization-covid-19-three-political-dilemmas
- Bowling, Ben; Westenra, Sophie. (2018) '‘A really hostile environment’: Adiaphorization, global policing and the crimmigration control system', in Theoretical Criminology., pp.1-21
- Elbe, Stefan. (2006-03) 'Should HIV/AIDS Be Securitized? The Ethical Dilemmas of Linking HIV/AIDS and Security', in International Studies Quarterly. vol. 50 (1) , pp.119-144
- Eric Jardine. (no date) The Dark Web Dilemma: Tor, Anonymity and Online Policing.
- Clough, Jonathan. (2015) Principles of Cybercrime, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Baldwin, David A. (1997) 'The concept of security', in Review of International Studies. vol. 23 (1) , pp.5-26
- King, Gary; Murray, Christopher J. L. (2001) 'Rethinking Human Security', in Political Science Quarterly. vol. 116 (4) , pp.585-610
- McDonald, Matt. (2008-12) 'Securitization and the Construction of Security', in European Journal of International Relations. vol. 14 (4) , pp.563-587
- Shue, Henry. (2010) 'Deadly Delays, Saving Opportunities: Creating a More Dangerous World?', in Climate ethics: essential readings, Oxford: Oxford University Press., pp.146-162
- Yochai Benkler. (2014) 'A Public Accountability Defense for National Security Leakers and Whistleblowers', in Harvard Law and Policy Review. vol. 8, pp.281-326
- Zedner, Lucia. (2009) Security, Abingdon: Routledge.
- Reveron, Derek S. (c2012) Cyberspace and national security: threats, opportunities, and power in a virtual world, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
- Hawkesworth, M. E.; Kogan, Maurice. (2004) Encyclopedia of government and politics, London: Routledge.
- Bartlett, Jamie. (2014) The dark net: inside the digital underworld, London: William Heinemann.
- Deibart. (2018) 'Trajectories for Future Cybersecurity Research', in The Oxford Handbook of International Security: Oxford University Press.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Weekly exercise 1 |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Weekly exercise 2 |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Weekly exercise 3 |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Weekly exercise 7 |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Weekly exercise 8 |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Essay |
|
40% |
| Coursework |
Weekly exercise 9 |
|
10% |
Additional coursework information
1 x 5,000 word essay
Please note that assessment information is currently showing for 2018-19 and will be updated in August 2019
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 Katerina Hadjimatheou, email: k.hadjimatheou@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Katerina Hadjimatheou
Michele Hall, Graduate Administrator, Telephone 01206 873051, Email: socpgadm@essex.ac.uk
Yes
No
No
Prof Benjamin Bradford
University College London
Professor
Available via Moodle
Of 850 hours, 3 (0.4%) hours available to students:
847 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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