International Criminology and Criminal Justice

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Identify and critically discuss the nature, forms and, where discernible, scale, of specific types of crime in particular international contexts and settings;
2. Critically assess, with reference to criminological theory where applicable, the causes of specific types of crime in international contexts and settings;
3. Critically evaluate and explain problems associated with criminal justice systems', NGOs and other informal entities' attempts to address the causes of specific types of crime in international contexts and settings;
4. Possess a critical appreciation of the consequences of specific types of crime in international contexts and settings.

The module will explore a wide variety of topics relating to crime and criminal justice in different countries and contexts. Each year the subject matter of the module will be chosen to reflect the broad basis of the discipline and changing issues, internationally, in the field of crime and criminal justice.

Approaching the phenomenon of crime and criminal justice from a criminological perspective, this module aims to introduce and problematise these issues within a variety of international contexts and settings. It aims to encourage students’ independent thinking on a range of issues relating to international crime and criminal justice and to provide opportunities for them to develop sophisticated arguments concerning such issues.

Although each year the subject matter of the module will be chosen to reflect the changing nature of the field internationally, broad topics currently include:
trafficking; crimes against animality; maritime crime; rural crime; crimes of the powerful; sex crimes; cultural property crime and hate crime and criminal justice and policing responses to these in international contexts

This module is at CQFW Level 7