Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25
None
Available as a Free Standing Elective
No
Following the completion of the taught element of the degree students complete a 15,000 - 20,000 words dissertation under supervision by a relevant member of staff drawn from the programme teaching team.
Aims
To allow students to demonstrate their ability to design and execute an individual research project under supervision by a relevant member of staff.To allow students to complete a significant literature survey and demonstrate their ability to write an analytically sophisticated account of current thinking on a particular area of crime/criminal justice.To enable students to understand the importance of process to the production of valid research through the completion of either a significant piece of library work or a fieldwork based Disseration.
Talis Aspire Reading ListAny reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/cri-40031/lists
Intended Learning Outcomes
design and complete a research project and understand the importance of research process in the social sciences.: 1critically evaluate current research and advanced scholarship in the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice.: 1evaluate methodological approaches to research problems, develop critiques of them, and generate new hypotheses where appropriate.: 1show originality in their application of knowledge to theoretical and substantive problems in the study of contemporary crime and criminal justice.: 1demonstrate an understanding of how methodology and theory interact and how these knowledges create and interpret new research.: 1show autonomy and originality in solving theoretical and substantive problems in the field.: 1work with complex theoretical and substantive issues and make reasonable judgments related to these issues on the basis of limited data.: 1demonstrate a critically informed understanding of the principles of literature collection and analysis and be able to complete a comprehensive literature review.: 1
10 hours individual supervision meetings (this is flexible but is envisaged as 5 x 2 hour individual supervision meetings between student and supervisor)6 hours group research skills workshops3 hours group workshops to share, discuss and present updates20 hours structured engagement with online resources via the KLE.361 hours: independent study - identification of topic, formulation of research question, research design and methodology, reading andresearching dissertation200 hours: preparation and drafting of chapters and editing/revision/writing of final dissertation.
Description of Module Assessment