LESSON
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TOPIC
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MANDATORY READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS
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OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL READINGS
(On Reserve)
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WK 1 A
5 Sept
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Introduction to the course
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WK 1 B
7 Sept
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What is crime? Definitions, constructions and debates
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· Mugari Chapter 1, p.1-20
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Newburn 1.3 The construction and deconstruction of crime, John Muncie
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WK 2 A
12 Sept
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Counting crime: Data sources
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· American Society of Criminology. Code of Ethics
Mugari Chapter 2, p.21-30
· Practical assignment on Moodle
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WK 2 B
14 Sept
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Research methods and ethics
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· On Crimes and Punishments, Cesare Beccaria
· Watch Bentham video
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WK 3 A
19 Sept
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Classical theories of crime and punishment
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· Mugari Chapter 2
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WK 3 B
21 Sept
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Neo-classical approaches to crime and prevention
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· Watch Situational Crime Prevention video
· Mugari Chapter 3 pp.51-62
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WK 4 A
26 Sept
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Biological theories of crime
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· Mugari Chapter 3 pp. 63-74
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Newburn, 6.3 Biosocial studies of antisocial and violent behaviour in children and adults, Adrian Raine
Newburn, 6.2 The increasing appropriation of genetic explanations, Troy Duster.
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WK 4 B
28 Sept
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Contemporary biological and psychiatric theories of crime
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· Mid-term exam
· Watch TED Talk: Strange answers to the psychopath test
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Schmalleger Chapter 6
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WK 5 A
3 Oct
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Psychological theories
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· Mugari Chapter 4
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WK 5 B
5 Oct
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Social structures theories
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· Girls in Gangs documentary
· Sánchez-Jankowski, M. (2018) Gangs, Culture, and Society in the United States
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WK 6 A
10 Oct
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Criminal subcultures
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WK 6 B
12 Oct
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Crime trends, criminal careers and social control theories
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· Mugari Chapter 5
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Newburn 10.3 Outsiders, Howard Becker
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WK 7 A
17 Oct
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Interactionism and labelling theories
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· Read Ending the Poverty to Prison Pipeline
· Watch: America’s rising female population in jail
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Newburn 10.4 Misunderstanding labelling perspectives, Ken Plummer
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WK 7 B
19 Oct
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Radical and critical criminology
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· Mugari Chapter 6
· Watch TED Talk: What is it like to have a baby in prison?
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WK 8 A
24 Oct
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Feminist criminologies
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· Lyons, et al (2017). Negotiating Violence in the Context of Transphobia and Criminalization: The Experiences of Trans Sex Workers in Vancouver, Canada. Qualitative Health Research, 27, 2, 182-190.
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Messerschmidt and Tomsen: Masculinities and Crime. Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology
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WK 8 B
26 Oct
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Queering crime and justice
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· Mid-term exam 2
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WK 9 A
31 Oct
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· Finish book reading notes
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WK 9 B
2 Nov
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Discussion of Venkatesh: Gang Leader for a Day
Or Bourgois: In Search of Respect
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· Watch documentary: Opioids Inc.
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Newburn, Ch. 21.4 The war on drugs and the African-American community, Mark Mauer
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WK 10 A
7 Nov
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Student presentations:
Drugs and crime
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· Nolan, Thorpe Jr. & DeKeseredy, Hate crimes, Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology
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WK 10 B
9 Nov
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Student presentations:
Crimes against persons (including hate crimes)
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· Mugari Chapter 7
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WK 11 A
14 Nov
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Student presentations:
White-collar crime/Crimes of the powerful
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· Lynch, M. J. (2020). Green Criminology and Environmental Crime: Criminology That Matters in the Age of Global Ecological Collapse. Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime, 1(1), 50–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/2631309X19876930
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WK 11 B
16 Nov
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Student presentations:
Green criminology
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Newburn (2017) Chapter 4. Crime and the Media
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WK 12 A
21 Nov
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Student presentations:
Crime and media
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WK 12 B
23 Nov
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Student presentations:
Open topics
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Newburn 17.4 Multiple victimization: its extent and significance, Graham Farrell
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WK 13 A
28 Nov
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DEADLINE FOR RESEARCH PAPERS
Victimization
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· Mugari Chapter 9
· PBS: Policing the Police
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Global Prison Trends
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WK 13 B
30 Nov
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Policing, present and future
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· The power of touch
· Ismail, N. (2020). Deterioration, drift, distraction, and denial: How the politics of austerity challenges the resilience of prison health governance and delivery in England. Health Policy, 124, 12, 1368-1378.
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WK 14 A
5 Dec
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Prisons: politics, economics, goals and outcomes
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· Mugari Chapter 8
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WK 14 B
7 Dec
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Introduction to restorative justice
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· Study for final exam
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