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| CRI-30048 | Living with $ùAliens': Immigration, Crime and Social Control | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-ordinator: | Dr Clare Griffiths Tel:33597 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Team: | Ms Jeanette McCormick, Ms Deborah Tagg Dr Tony Kearon Dr Andy Zieleniec Miss Jo-Anne Watts Miss Claire Lewendon Dr Clare Griffiths Mrs Angela Joines Mrs Catherine Crutchley Christopher Birkbeck, Graham Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture Time: | See Timetable... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level: | 3 | Credits: | 15 | Study Hours: | 150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Criminology
Dual Honours (Level 3) Criminology Major (Level 3) Criminology Minor (Level 3) Sociology Dual Honours (Level 3) Sociology Major (Level 3) Sociology Minor (Level 3) |
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Description Mass immigration is perhaps one of the most controversial and contested topics of contemporary times. Popular discourse often considers immigration to be a threat to national security and as depleting the country&©s resources. Immigrants themselves are all too often cast as $ùaliens&©, $ùdemons&©, and $ùoutsiders&© in the communities they settle; being considered a $ùcrime-prone&© population. Some key examples of this include the $ùItalian mafia&© in America; the $ùracialised&© discourse of immigration and crime during the post-war era of immigration; and Eastern European immigration more recently which has revitalised this debate. The association of immigration with rising crime, disorder and insecurity has not only featured prominently in popular discourse however, it has also been a topic of interest in criminological and sociological literature throughout the last 100 years and continues to be so today. The aim of this module is to challenge and critically assess the $ùconventional wisdom&© on the association between immigration and rising crime. Is a dystopian nightmare of violence, chaos and disorder the inevitable consequence of mass immigration? Or can groups live together in harmony in diverse communities? Are immigrants a $ùcrime-prone&© and $ùdangerous&© population or merely perceived as such? Do immigrants themselves have negative experiences as victims of prejudice and hate crime? Can mass immigration actually have the potential to bring benefits to communities, ultimately reducing the local crime rate? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this module, which explores some of the most up to date and cutting edge research on this topic that turns both the old established theories, as well as common public assumptions, on their head. |
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| - To introduce students to the key debates surrounding the link between immigration and crime. - To consider the range of perspectives through which this controversial connection between immigration and crime can be explored. - To enable students to critically evaluate established criminological and sociological theories of immigration as a disruption to social order and apply to contemporary social environments. - To enable students to engage critically with theories of social control and how they are applied in research on immigration and crime. - To appreciate the complexity of challenges facing such local criminal justice institutions as the police in engaging with diverse communities for crime control purposes. |
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| Intended Learning Outcomes |
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| Apply the key theoretical perspectives on immigration and its relationship with crime and disorder will be achieved by assessments: 1,2 Identify the range of perspectives through which the connection between immigration and crime can be explored will be achieved by assessments: 1,2 Engage critically with theories of social control and how they are applied in research on immigration and crime will be achieved by assessments: 1,2 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the particular challenges facing such local criminal justice institutions as the police in engaging with diverse communities for crime control purposes will be achieved by assessments: 1,2 Critically evaluate established criminological and sociological theories of immigration as a disruption to social order and apply to contemporary social environments will be achieved by assessments: 1,2 Apply broader criminological debates to a case study example of immigration will be achieved by assessments: 2 Use internet sources to locate information relating to case studies and be able to evaluate, summarise and synthesise such information will be achieved by assessments: 1,2 Demonstrate critical awareness of how immigration is represented in popular discourse relating to crime and disorder will be achieved by assessments: 1,2 |
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| 20 hours contact (10 x lectures and 10 x tutorials) 40 hours tutorial preparation 30 hours independent study 60 hours assessment preparation |
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| Description of Module Assessment |
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| 01: Essay weighted 40% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,000 word essay A 2,000 word essay from a list of essays provided by the module leader. |
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| 02: Case Study weighted 60% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,000 word Case Study A case study where students undertake their own research into a particular immigrant group, immigration period, or location of immigration and critically engage with the way in which this example was associated with crime, disorder and social control. Students will be encouraged to discuss their chosen case study with the module leader beforehand. |
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| Version: (1.06B) Updated: 03/Mar/2013
This document is the definitive current source of information about this module and supersedes any other information. |
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