Modiwl SXY-4015:
Key Issues in Criminology

Rhedir gan School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences

20 Credyd neu 10 Credyd ECTS

Semester 1

Trefnydd: Prof Stefan Machura

This module aims to provide specialist training in criminology and criminal justice and deals mainly with topics not covered in the modules SXY4010 Transnational Crime and SXY400 Comparative and International Criminal Justice. This may include crimes that are relevant especially for the UK and Wales, e.g. rural crime and policing, Modern Slavery, driving offences, but also lessons that can be learnt from crime and the responses to it in other jurisdictions, e.g. how police corruption is dealt with and how lay participation in the administration of justice is organized. The module introduces selected contemporary theories of and emerging perspectives on crime and the responses to crime by the public, the media, political institutions, police and the courts. Concepts that will be explored include status recognition, imprudent behaviour and risk, procedural justice, and anomie. The module is taught over one semester and draws upon generic socio-legal research skills and knowledge and applies them to the selected topics. The choice of topics will take into account the interests of staff and students.

The module will discuss key issues of criminology related to aspect such as: - The relation between citizens and police - The role of media in shaping public understanding of crime and legal institutions, or professions - The reaction of the public on newly defined crimes, such as "modern slavery" - The cooperation of statutory and voluntary sector in preventing and addressing crime, e.g. on the field of safeguarding children - Offences committed by "normal citizens", such as drink driving and driving under the influence of prescription drugs.

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60-69% Good students should be able to explain with accuracy and critically discuss the appropriate theoretical and empirical issues of the substantive topic and locate these within a wider criminological context. Good students should show evidence of consulting a range of complex material and a good understanding of the topic.

trothwy

50-59% Students should be able to describe, evaluate and analyse the substantive topic/s and present written work that is generally comprehensible and focuses on the question asked. They should show a basic understanding of the topic.

ardderchog

70%+ Excellent students should be able to engage in critical analysis of a wide and complex range of material and summarise the arguments with accuracy; relate an understanding of key concepts to perspectives within and beyond the discipline of criminology and criminal justice. They should present work of a high level of accuracy and fluency, and that shows an excellent understanding of the topic.

1. Be able to confidently present a criminological topic, based on complex concepts, and independent work, and with some originality.

2. Analyse, systematically understand, and critically assess the definition of crimes, their social causes and consequences and the reaction by citizens and state authorities alike.

3. Analyse, systematically understand, and critically assess positive and negative aspects of policies aiming to address crime.

4. Convincingly discuss a criminological topic in written form, based on complex concepts, and independent work, and with some originality..

5. Apply criminological theory to empirical phenomena and critically assess their explanatory power.

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
CYFLWYNIAD UNIGOL	Power point or poster presentation		50
TRAETHAWD	Written assignment		50

		Oriau
Lecture	Lectures, 1 hour each, over 4 weeks	4
Workshop	Workshops, 1 hour each, over 4 weeks	4
Seminar	Seminars, 2 hours each, over 8 weeks	16
Private study	Students prepare for the module and the assignments by using the literature suggested and finding information on their own.	176

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Rhifedd - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio rhifau ar lefelau priodol o gywirdeb
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Gwaith Tîm - Gallu cydweithio'n adeiladol ag eraill ar dasg gyffredin, ac/neu fod yn rhan o dîm gweithio o ddydd i ddydd
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.

• Critically evaluate the mixed economy of welfare and the interrelationships between health and social care and between the agencies, practitioners and individuals involved in their provision;
• Capacity to identify and describe the causes and consequences of social order and change in specific contexts.
• Ability to formulate and investigate sociologically informed questions.
• Appreciate a range of research designs and strategies and how they may be applied to sociological investigations.
• Competence to carry out a piece of sociological research using either primary or secondary data, or both.
• Be able to recognize how social data and sociological knowledge apply to questions of public policy.
• Use the theories and concepts of social policy and other social sciences to analyse policy problems and issues
• Undertake either on their own, or in collaboration with others, investigations of social questions, issues and problems, using statistical and other data derived from research publications.
• Analyse and discuss social policy and related issues distinguishing between normative and empirical questions
• The ability to identify criminological problems, formulate questions and investigate them
• Competence in using criminological theory and concepts to understand crime, victimisation, responses to crime and deviance; and representations of crime, victimisation, and responses to these, as presented in the traditional and new media and official reports
• The capacity to analyse, assess and communicate empirical information about crime, victimisation, responses to crime and deviance, and representations of crime
• The ability to recognise a range of ethical problems associated with research and to take action in accordance with the guidelines of ethical practice developed by the British Society of Criminology and cognate professional bodies
• The ability to identify and deploy a range of research strategies including qualitative and quantitative methods and the use of published data sources and to select and apply appropriate strategies for specific research problems; and the ability to present the philosophical and methodological background to the research of others and to one's own research.
• Appreciate philosophical, ethical and methodological issues in criminological and legal research.
• Appreciate the inter-relationships between criminological and legal theories, criminological and legal research, and policies of key institutions.

Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/sxy-4015.html

Rhestr ddarllen

Ashworth, Andrew (2015). Sentencing and Criminal Justice. 6th edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Asimow, Michael. 2000. Bad Lawyers in the Movies. Nova Law Review 24: 533-591. Bittner, Egon (1967). The Police on Skid Row. American Sociological Review 31, 699-715. Bittner, Egon (1990). Aspects of Police Work. Boston: Northeastern University Press. Brookman, Fiona, Maguire, Mike, Pierpoint, Harriet, and Bennett, Trevor (eds., 2010). Handbook on Crime. Callompton: Willan. Carpenter, C. S., 2005. Heavy alcohol use and the commission of nuisance crime: Evidence from underage drunk driving laws. The American Economic Review 95 (2), 267̶272. Chan, Daphne C. N., Wu, Anise M. S., and Hung, Eva P. W. (2010). Invulnerability and the intention to drink and drive: An application of the theory of planned behaviour. Accident Analysis and Prevention 42, 1549-1555. Corcos, Christine A. (2016). United States of America. In Robson, Peter, and Schulz, Jennifer (eds.), A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV. Oxford, Hart, pp. 211-226. Elias, Wafa, Bord, Shiran, Baron-Eple, Orna, Gesser-Edelsburg, Anat, and Shiftan, Yoram. (2017). Factors Influencing the Decision to Engage in Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Arab-Israeli Youths. Transportation Research Part F 44:180-91. Farrell, Amy, and Pfeffer, Rebecca (2014). Policing Human Trafficking: Cultural Blinders and Organizational Barriers, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 653: 46-64. Farrell, Amy, Pfeffer, Rebecca, and Bright, Katherine (2015). Police Perceptions of Human Trafficking, Journal of Crime and Justice 38: 315-33. Feest, Joachim (1968). Compliance with Legal Regulations. Observation of Stop Sign Behaviour. Law and Society Review 2: 447-61. Fernandes, Ralston, Hatfield, Julie, and Job, R. F. Soames (2010). A Systematic Investigation of the Differential Predictors for Speeding, Drink-Driving, Driving While Fatigued, and Not Wearing a Seat Belt, Among Young Drivers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 13: 179-96. Galanter, Marc (1998). The Faces of Mistrust: The Image of Lawyers in Public Opinion, Jokes, and Political Discourse. University of Cincinatti Law Review 66, 805-845. Haller, Volkmar, and Machura, Stefan (1995). Procedural Justice at German Courts as Seen by De-fend¬ants and Juvenile Prisoners. Social Justice Research 8, 197-215. Heenan, Natasha, Wilkinson, Kelly, Griffiths, Delyth, Searles, Bianca, Seloom, Muhanad, Woolford, Rebecca, Williams, Caryl, and Machura, Stefan (2008). Trust in Police Community Support Officers. The Views of Bangor Students. Papers from the British Criminology Conference 8: 134–52, http://www.britsoccrim.org/volume8/9Heenan08.pdf. Liebling, Alison, Maruna, Shadd, and McAra, Lesley (eds., 2017). The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. 6th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press. Loader, Ian, and Mulcahy, Aogán (2006). Policing and the Condition of England. Reprint, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Macauley, Stewart (1987). Images of Law in Everyday Life: The Lessons of School, Entertainment and Spectator Sports. Law and Society Review 21: 185-218. Machura, Stefan (1998). Introduction: Procedural Justice. Law and Policy. Law and Policy 20: 1–14. Machura, Stefan (2001). Interaction between Lay Assessors and Professional Judges in German Mixed Courts. International Review of Penal Law, 72:1/2, 451-479. Machura, Stefan (2011). Media Influence on the Perception of the Legal System. In: Knut Papendorf, Stefan Machura, and Kristian Andenæs (eds.), Understanding Law in Society. Zürich/Berlin: Lit, pp. 239-83. Machura, Stefan (2016). Inter- and Intra-agency Cooperation in Safeguarding Children. A Staff Survey. British Journal of Social Work 46: 652-668. Machura, Stefan (2018). Representations of Law, Rights and Criminal Justice. In: Nicole Rafter, Michelle Brown, Katherine Biber, Eamonn Carrabine, Gray Cavender, Stefan Machura and Judah Schept (eds.). Oxford Encyclopedia of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 190-208. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.201. Machura, Stefan, and Böhnke, Michael (2016). Germany. In Robson, Peter, and Schulz, Jennifer (eds.), A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV. Oxford, Hart, pp. 99-112. Machura, Stefan, and Böhnke, Michael (2018). The Legal System in German Popular Culture. In: Nicole Rafter, Michelle Brown, Katherine Biber, Eamonn Carrabine, Gray Cavender, Stefan Machura and Judah Schept (eds.). Oxford Encyclopedia of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 451-468. Machura, Stefan, Love, Thomas, and Dwight, Adam (2014). Law Students' Trust in the Courts and the Police. An Explorative Study. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 42: 287-305. Machura, Stefan, Matharu, Sunita, Mepham, Faye, and Smith, Sarah Leanne (2019). What Keeps Students from Driving under the Influence of Alcohol and Prescription Drugs? The Impact of Legitimacy of the Law, Prudent Behaviour and Perceived Dangerousness. Manuscript. Machura, Stefan, Short, Fay, Hill, Victoria Margaret, Suddaby, Catherine Rhian, Goddard, Ffion Elena, Jones, Sophie Elisabeth, Lloyd-Astbury, Emma Louise, Richardson, Luke, Rouse, and Chernise Alexandra (2019). Recognising Modern Slavery. Journal of Human Trafficking 5: 201-219. Papke, David Ray (2018). American Lawyer and Courtroom Comedies, In Nicole Rafter, Michelle Brown, Katherine Biber, Eamonn Carrabine, Gray Cavender, Stefan Machura, and Judah Schept (eds.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 10-22. Podlas, Kimberlianne (2007). Homerus Lex: Investigating American Legal Culture Through the Lens of The Simpsons. Seton Hall University School of Law Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law 17: 93-134. Ravid, Itay (2016). Israel. In: Peter Robson and Jennifer Schulz (eds.), A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV. Oxford: Hart, pp.131-144. Robson, Peter (2017). Britain. In: Peter Robson and Jennifer Schulz (eds.), A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV. Oxford: Hart, pp. 37-52. Schulz, Jennifer L. (2016). Canada. In: Peter Robson and Jennifer Schulz (eds.), A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV. Oxford: Hart, pp. 53-65. Spina, Ferdinando (2016). Italy. In: Peter Robson and Jennifer Schulz (eds.), A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV. Oxford: Hart, pp. 142-62. Stone, Christopher (2007). Tracing Police Accountability in Theory and Practice: From Philadelphia to Abuja to Sao Paulo. Theoretical Criminology 11: 245-59. Tyler, Tom R., Goff, Phillip Atiba, and MacCoun, Robert J. (2015). The Impact of Psychological Science on Policing in the United States: Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Effective Law Enforcement. Psychological Science in the Public Interest 16 (3): 75-109. Tyler, Tom R., and Huo, Yuen J. (2002). Trust in the Law. Encouraging Public Cooperation with the Police and Courts. Russell Sage Foundation: New York. Villez, Barbara, and Rolando, Valentin (2016). France. In: Peter Robson and Jennifer Schulz (eds.), A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV. Oxford: Hart, pp. 79-98.

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• L3BJ: MA Sociology year 1 (MA/SOC)
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• L302: MSocSci Sociology year 4 (MSOCSCI/S)
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