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CRI-10018 - Module Specification
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 08 May 2024

CRI-10018 - Thinking Criminologically
Coordinator: Bela Arora Room: N/A
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25


Aims
The module aims to introduce students to some of the ways in which criminology can help to explain the world around us, using contemporary examples of crime events. In doing so it allows students to draw on their learning from semester 1, where they were introduced to a range of criminological theories, but also draw on their own curiosity about the world. The module demonstrates the contemporary relevance of the discipline by allowing students to apply and explain in ways that will develop their abilities as learners, and equip them with skills of analysis and understanding that will benefit their future careers.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Identify the ways in which criminology can help to understand contemporary crime and criminal justice issues: 1,2
Draw on criminological theory and research to explain who commits crimes, why crimes are committed and how might they be responded to: 1,2
Identify the relevance of criminology in understanding recognised and acknowledged global challenges: 1,2
Illustrate the skills required to respond to contemporary social issues in an evidence-driven and informed way: 1,2
Identify, analyse and present the different sources of information about crime and their relative strengths and weaknesses (in written and oral forms): 1,2

Study hours

11 hours of lectures
10 hours of seminar contact
21 hours of directed preparation for lectures and seminars via engagement with online asynchronous activities and information specific to each
activity.
108 hours of private study (including additional self directed preparatory reading and related preparation for lectures and seminars, preparation,
planning and additional study for assessment).

School Rules

CRI-10010 - Understanding Crime

Description of Module Assessment

1: Presentation weighted 25%
5-10 minute presentation
Students will be required to work as a team to gather evidence and present their analysis of a specified unsolved case. Students will be given an individual mark.

2: Reflective Analysis weighted 75%
1500 word reflective essay
Task: Reflect upon what you have you learned about the ways in which criminology can help to understand crime and criminal justice issues. Include examples of insights that you personally gained during four of the lectures that enhanced your understanding of criminology.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 08 May 2024