Global Crime & Justice - SPY00083M
- Department: Social Policy and Social Work
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
The aim of this module is to complement the other modules that
constitute the theoretical and methodological foundation of the MA
Global Crime and Justice (Policy Analysis - Crime and Justice;
Introducing Social Research Methods). It provides teaching on global
crime in theory and practice with the aim of making students
understand the nature, evolution and significance of global criminal
activities in today's world and, in particular, in relation to broader
debates about justice in society.
The module introduces students
to the idea and process of global crime from a socio-political
perspective. The module provides an advanced theoretical understanding
of global crime, as well as an analysis of diverse substantive forms
of global crimes, ranging from drug and human trafficking to corporate
and state crime. The core questions that students will answer in the
course of this module are: What is global crime? What political and
historical dynamics determine the evolution, nature and definition of
global crimes and related state responses?
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students will:
Subject content
- understand competing theories of global crime and responses to it
- understand the role of economic, social and political factors shaping global crimes
- acquire a solid understanding of the criminal justice process on the global level, its main actors, methods and discourses
- acquire in-depth knowledge of specialist areas of crime, such as drug trafficking and corporate crime
Academic and graduate skills
- identify the complex issues surrounding the formation of global crime and related policies, as well as their implementation and evaluation
- appreciate the institutional contexts shaping anti-crime policies
Other learning outcomes (if applicable)
- Research and writing on abstract subject matters
- Oral/written presentation skills and related techniques
- Analysis of current socio-political affairs: newspaper analysis, information collection and exploitation
- Use of information resources: electronic sources, library, newspapers, others
Indicative assessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100.0 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100.0 |
Module feedback
Written feedback using a standard marking pro-forma is provided within 4 weeks of submission.
Indicative reading
P. Andreas and E. Nadelmann, Policing the Globe: Criminalization
and Crime Control in International Relations (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2006).
W. van Schendel and I.
Abraham, Illicit Flows and Criminal Things: States, Borders, and
the Other Side of Globalization (Bloomington: Indiana
University Press: 2005).
J. Sheptycki (ed.),
Transnational Organised Crime, 4 volumes (Los Angeles:
Sage: 2014).
M. Findlay, The Globalisation of Crime:
Understanding Transitional Relationships in Context (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press 1999).
J. Muncie, Crime:
Local and Global (Cullompton: Willan 2010).
M.
Natarajan, International Crime and Justice (New York:
Cambridge University Press 2011).
D. Nelken,
Comparative Criminal Justice and Globalization (Farnham:
Ashgate 2011).
P. Reichel, Handbook of Transnational
Crime and Justice (Los Angeles: Sage 2013).
UNODC,
The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime
Threat Assessment (Vienna: UNODC 2010).
K. Aas,
Globalisation and Crime (Los Angeles: Sage 2007).
E. Nadelmann, Cops Across Borders: The Internationalization
of US Criminal Law Enforcement (PA: Pennsylvania State
University Press, 1993).
M. Beare, Critical Reflections
on Transnational Organized Crime, Money Laundering, and Corruption
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2003).
United
Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime
(2000)
Global Crime (journal)