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Understanding Contemporary Crime - SOC00059I

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  • Department: Sociology
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: I
  • Academic year of delivery: 2025-26

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By drawing upon concepts covered in the year one module ‘Explaining Crime & Deviance’ this module applies these criminological theories and concepts to further explore how key incidents and the subsequent societal and media reaction to them over time is constructed and represented.

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Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2025-26

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Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100.0

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None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100.0

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