Module Identifier CR10320  
Module Title CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION  
Academic Year 2007/2008  
Co-ordinator Dr Gareth Norris  
Semester Semester 2  
Other staff Miss Katherine S Williams, Professor Alan H Clarke  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   6 hours - 3 x 2 hour seminars  
  Lecture    
  Lecture   30 Hours. 1 x 2 hour lecture and 2x1 hour lectures per week  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours 2 hour unseen exam  100%
Supplementary Exam2 Hours 2 hour unseen exam  100%
Professional Exemptions Not required for professional exemption  

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Understand the diverse mechanisms by which social control is enacted in society;
2. Analyse techniques of crime control and prevention;
3. Recognise links between the various methodologies of crime control and how they interact in practice;
4. Explain the impact of these methodologies on individuals and groups of individuals.

Brief description

In this module students will be exposed to a number of theoretical and philosophical perspectives on social control in general and crime control in particular. Emphasis will be placed on how the criminal justice system and its various agencies operate in order to enforce the law, maintain social order, tackle crime and protect the public.

PRIVATE STUDY
Students are expected to invest time in reading around the subject. As a rough guide, over the semester, we expect you to:
Attend lectures for   30 hours
Attend seminars for   6   hours
Prepare for seminars for   40 hours (about 13
hours per seminar)
Prepare for the coursework assignment for 40 hours (this should
be spread over a number of weeks)
Revise for the examination for   40 hours
Conduct additional private study for 44 (about 4.5 hours per
week)

Aims

This module aims to provide students with a proper understanding of the basic principles of crime control, enforcement and prevention and an awareness of the differences between these terms and the strategies which may be used to achieve each. The module also develops analytical skills and will foster interdisciplinary methodologies.

Content

THEORETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME CONTROL:

Reductionist, retributivist and restorative principles in criminal justice;
Fundamentals of punishment: retribution, restorative justice,
rehabilitation, welfare etc.   
Sociological approaches to understanding power, punishment and
control.
Controlling crime and deviance: behavioural and social perspectives.

ENFORCEMENT AND CONTROL:   
Crime prevention and reduction: theory, policy and practice.
Developmental, situational and social crime prevention strategies
Community safety: surveillance and monitoring
Policing: policy, politics and practice
Multi-agency policing
Probation: care, control and community punishment

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4