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LS2541: CRIME THEORIES AND CONCEPTS (LAW) (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

This course will introduce students to key criminological theories and perspectives to understand e.g. why some people are more likely to commit or be victims of crime than others and examine the learning and insight to be taken from those theories.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Tania Loureiro

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will address and develop understanding and knowledge of key criminological perspectives. Recognising there is no one cause of crime and criminal behaviour; the course will conduct an in - depth study of key criminological theories to better understand the causes of crime and to reflect on different assumptions and ideologies behind these different perspectives. Understanding the reasons and explanations why a person commits a crime allows insight into ways to control crime or rehabilitate the criminal.

The emphasis is on understanding explanations of crime, criminal behaviour, and the consequent harm caused and to examine the potential to control crime and criminal behaviour through the application of different conceptual and theoretical approaches to specific forms of criminality, victimisation and injustice.


Contact Teaching Time

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Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

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Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
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Word Count 1500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Essay

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Word Count 1500
Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandStudents will develop knowledge and understanding how different Criminological Theories affect contemporary societies to enable them to present arguments for and against propositions
ConceptualUnderstandStudents will develop the necessary skills and knowledge to assimilate and integrate integrating information and materials from a variety of different sources to inform and guide understanding.
ConceptualUnderstandStudents will gain an understanding of Criminological Theories introducing the connections between conceptual theories of crime and justice & applied examples of their affect on contemporary societies

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