Criminology (LLB Academic Unit)
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Syllabus
- Foundations of CriminologyCriminology
Objectives and methods of criminology · Science of criminology / criminological imagination · Defining crime: legal vs sociological conceptions
- Classical and Positivist TheoriesCriminology
Classical school: rational choice, deterrence · Biological explanations (Lombroso, biosocial) · Psychological and psychiatric explanations
- Sociological / Structural TheoriesCriminology
Social disorganisation (Chicago School) · Subcultural theories · Marxist / critical criminology
- Interactionist and Labelling PerspectivesCriminology
Labelling theory (Becker, Lemert) · Moral panics (Cohen) · Deviance amplification
- Feminist and Cultural CriminologyCriminology
Feminist criminology: gender and crime · Cultural criminology: crime as cultural phenomenon · Globalisation and crime
- Institutional Framework and Criminal JusticeCriminology
Law enforcement philosophy and practice · Punishment: deterrence, rehabilitation, justice models · Restorative and communicative justice
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What is Beccaria's key principle about punishment and deterrence?
N/A — criminology theory content; see Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishments (1764) - Author-original
What are Merton's five modes of adaptation to strain?
N/A — Merton, Social Structure and Anomie (1938) - Author-original
Define 'anomie' as used by Durkheim.
N/A — Durkheim, Suicide (1897)
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