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Criminology of Violence and Death (L5104B)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

The module examines the criminology of violence and death. The underlying aim is to understand motivations for violent crime and to critically assess appropriate criminal justice responses.

The module will focus on different areas of violent crime including:

• hate crime
• gendered violence
• state violence
• murder.

Each area will be examined in relation to policy and the lived reality for victims and offenders.

The module examines different victim groups, which might include ethnic minorities, the disabled or women, situating them within the wider field of victimology. The aetiology of offenders will be examined, spanning people who commit 'everyday' violent crime to those who are passionately committed to extremism.

Finally, you will evaluate cultural and media representations of violent crime and death. On completion of the module you will have a more critical overview of criminological approaches to violence and death.

 

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.