Module: Criminology

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Criminology
Module Code	LG5016 (ITS) / LAW1092 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Law & Government
Module Co-ordinator	-
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

This module will introduce students to well-established and emerging criminological theories and trends. It will engage with critiques of criminological theories and particular emphasis will be placed upon the applicability of such theories to crime and justice in Ireland.

Learning Outcomes

1. Outline and discuss primary criminological theories and critiques of same.
2. Outline and discuss emerging criminological theories and critiques of same.
3. Apply criminological theories to the Irish criminal justice system.
4. Explain the value of criminological thinking within broader social science and police discourses.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Total Workload: 0

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Theoretical Criminology
Classical and Postivist Criminology; Sociologies of Crime; Radical and Critical Criminology; Late-modern theories of criminal justice (managerialism/privitisation/control)

Understanding Crime
Trends in crime; homicide; sexual and domestic violence; desistance and reintegration

Contexts of Crime
Victimology; media and crime; penal policy and the politics of punishment; women, imprisonment and social control

Emerging Ideas and Issues in (Irish) Criminology
Coercive confinement and the 'culture of control'; organised and 'gangland' crime; clerical sexual abuse

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Deirdre Healy, Claire Hamiliton, Yvonne Daly, Michelle Bulter: 2015, The Routledge handbook of Irish Criminology, Routledge,
Chris Hale, Keith Hayward, Azrini Wahidin, Emma Wincup: 2013, Criminology, 3rd, OUP,
Paul O'Mahony: 2002, Criminal Justice in Ireland, IPA,
David Downes, Paul Rock: 0, Understanding Deviance, 2011,
David Garland: 2002, The Culture of Control, OUP,
Shane Kilcommins, Ian O'Donnell, Eoin O'Sullivan, Barry Vaughan: 2004, Crime, Punishment and the Search for Order in Ireland, IPA,

Other Resources

None