There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

The first part of the module aims to engage you in the critical analysis of local and global responses to crime concerns and will explore: cybercrime; organised/corporate crime; terrorism; drugs and crime; human trafficking; international/global policing.The second part of the module aims to engage you in the critical analysis of specific responses to crime within different jurisdictions, including Anglo-America, Scandinavia and low crime countries such as Saudi Arabia and Japan. Topics will include: how to conduct comparative research on crime and control; comparing criminal justice systems; comparative criminal justice policy making; comparative penal politics; comparative youth justice; comparative responses to victimisation.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Appraise the nature and variety of transnational crime behaviours and activities and the role of global economic, political and cultural processes that underpin them.

LO2: Critically reflect upon the difficulties involved in the delivery of crime management activities to organised crime and transnational crime problems.

LO3: Identify and critically appraise key theoretical approaches involved in the study of comparative and international criminology.

LO4: Critically evaluate differing patterns of criminal behaviour and its responses (political, institutional, and cultural) to crime in different jurisdictions.

LO5: Demonstrate a critical appraisal of the historical, social, political and cultural context of crime responses in different jurisdictions.

LO6: Critically engage with a wide range of research methodologies and theoretical frameworks in comparative criminological research.