CRI-20040 - Module Specification
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

CRI-10010 Understanding Crime
CRI-10013 Criminal Justice: Process, Policy, Practice

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module will examine the issue of violence, harmful and abusive behaviours. It will look at a number of manifestations of violent behaviour including (but not limited to) intimate partner violence, honour based violence, hate crime, genocide and collective violence, road deaths/injuries as violence etc. It will also examine examples of harmful behaviours from the perspective of zemiology (the study of harms) and explore abusive behaviours including (but not restricted to) child abuse, sexual abuse, coercive and controlling behaviours. It will explore what the research and data tells us about causes, influences and potential impacts of these behaviours, and look at how various agencies have responded to the threats posed by violence, harms and abuse. Students will explore research literature, official data, policy reports and policy responses and look at the various impacts on victims, perpetrators and wider society.

The module aims to introduce students to some of the ways in which criminologists and criminal justice professionals attempt to theorise, contextualise and respond to some of the most serious forms of criminal behaviour in our society, including violence in various forms (ranging from section 4 public order offences and forms of 'public' violence such as injury violence assaults and ABH, to forms of 'hidden' violence such as domestic violence) as well as manifestations of other serious harmful and abusive behaviours. The module will examine manifestations of violent, harmful and abusive behaviours examined through relevant data, legislation, policy, criminal justice process, research data and theoretical perspectives to create a holistic 'picture' of each behaviour, as well as examining a range of interventions, policies and practices intended to prevent, reduce or disrupt such behaviours.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Engage with and synthesise multiple sources of data, legislation, policy, research and scholarship to understand violence, harm and abuse as forms of human behaviour in their social, cultural, economic and policy contexts.: 1
Demonstrate awareness of how and why effective engagement with violent, harmful and abusive behaviours is not simply an issue of and for public Policing, but requires multiple data and information sources and input from a range of agencies, organisations and partners.: 1
Demonstrate the ability to clearly and effectively process, summarise and present information and analysis verbally (formatively in class) and in writing (via the assessment).
: 1
Critically analyse diverse sources of information and data (including contradictory and/or conflicting sources) relating to potential causal explanations for manifestations of violent, harmful or abusive behaviours and produce an evidence based and correctly referenced analysis of these sources.: 1

Study hours

12 hours Interactive Lectures
12 hours seminars
23 hours of structured engagement with online asynchronous (on demand) resources and directed activities in preparation for lectures and seminars.
103 hours of independent study (reading, note taking, researching and drafting assignments, reviewing module content beyond structured engagement activities and preparing/revising assessments).

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment