CRI-30070 - 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

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

Migration continues to be one of the most important and contested public policy issues in the UK. A growing body of scholarship has explored the increasing criminalisation and securitisation of migration in western societies, whereby expanding groups of `others¿ are constructed as `threats¿. These `threats¿ include those to: personal and national security due to crime and terrorism; public health through the spreading of disease (seen recently with Covid-19); the economy and public/social services; and, community cohesion and `national identity¿. Although migrants are vulnerable in legal and socio-economic status, they are nevertheless often framed as posing particular existential and ontological challenges to citizens, and are thereby considered `dangerous¿. We will consider these themes in this module and apply broader criminological literature to real life case study examples.

- To introduce students to the key literature surrounding 'immigration' and 'crime'
- To enable students to critically evaluate established criminological and sociological theories of immigration and social order and apply to contemporary social environments.
- To enable students to engage critically with theories of social control and how they are applied in research on immigration and crime.
- To appreciate the complex intersections between the criminal justice system and minoritized communities.
- To consider the literature and arguments presented by 'border criminologists' on the criminalisation and securitisation of immigration, and apply to case study examples

Intended Learning Outcomes

engage critically with theories of social control and how they are applied in research on immigration and crime: 1
demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the intersections between criminal justice institutions and minoritized communities: 1
apply broader criminological debates to a case study example of immigration: 1
use internet sources to locate information relating to case studies and be able to evaluate, summarise and synthesise such information: 1
demonstrate critical awareness of how immigration is represented in popular discourse relating to crime and disorder: 1
identify the range of perspectives through which the connection between immigration and crime can be explored: 1
engage critically with the literature and arguments presented by 'border criminologists' on the criminalisation and securitisation of immigration, and apply to case study examples: 1

Study hours

12 hours of interactive lecture activity.
12 hours of tutor led small group/seminar activity.
24 hours of directed online asynchronous activity designed to help students prepare for in situ classes and/or reflect on issues covered in
sessions.
102 hours personal study, additional self directed preparation for classes, assessment preparation etc

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment