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Level 1: Crime and Society

Module Description

This module aims to:

  • Make students aware of criminal liability and the key definitions associated with criminality
  • Introduce students to a number of specific types and categories of crime and to several key indicative defences to a criminal offence
  • Ensure that students are aware of the influences upon criminal behaviour and their social contexts, including substance abuse, common causes of anti social behaviour and selected case studies
  • Enable students to understand and assess the social and economic effects of criminal behaviour upon local communities and the state
  • Identify and evaluate the impact of scientific and technological developments within the criminal justice arena
  • Raise awareness of the growing internationalisation of crime and the issues which this raises

Module Content

  1. Criminal Liability
  2. Specific Crimes
  3. Defences
  4. Substance Misuse (including drugs, alcohol and volatile substances)
  5. Anti-Social Behaviour
  6. Social and Economic Impact
  7. Prostitution
  8. Contemporary Crime Challenges
  9. Crime and Technology
  10. Internationalisation of Crime

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