| Unit name | Globalisation, Crime, Harm and Justice |
|---|---|
| Unit code | SPOL20025 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Fooks |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School for Policy Studies |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Why is this unit important?
This unit aims to deepen your understanding of the intersections between crime, harm, and the processes of globalisation. Globalisation is widely considered to play an important role in shaping and facilitating different forms of crimes and harm and their governance. This is evident in relation to the growth of crimes that take effect across international boundaries, which typically require international or cross-border interventions. You will gain a detailed understanding of theoretical debates on, and practical examples of, the connection between the processes of globalisation and different forms of crime and harm and develop an appreciation of the increasing role of international and transnational criminal justice initiatives.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
This unit builds on concepts and frameworks introduced in the units Understanding Harm, Crime and Society, Representations of Crime and Harm, and Criminological Theory: an Introduction. In this unit you will engage in a more in-depth, critical way with published research relating to the intersections between the processes of globalisation.
An overview of content
The unit will cover crimes of globalisation, and the relationship between globalisation and illicit drug markets, corporate crime and harm, ecoharms, modern day slavery, sex trafficking, tax avoidance and evasion, and political corruption.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
You will have gained an in-depth knowledge of the range of social, political, and economic processes associated which are re-configurating and growth of different forms of crimes and harm, providing a firm basis for engaging in future units and dissertation projects. You will also have gained an ability to critically engage with academic sources, to represent ideas analytically in your own words, and apply abstract concepts to important real-world challenges.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of lectures/workshops and seminars. Your learning is supported via the online learning platform, Blackboard, where lecture materials and tasks are listed. There is also an emphasis on self-directed study and reading.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
We will complement the proposed essay with a formative assessment, in which students will be invited to develop an extended introduction for detailed feedback outlining what they intend to argue, how, and why in their summative assessment.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
Essay (3,000 words) (100%)
This assessment covers all of the intended learning outcomes.
When assessments don’t go to plan
Subject to the university regulations for taught programmes, you may be offered an opportunity for reassessment. This will comprise a task of the same format as the original assessment.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. SPOL20025).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
