Introduction to Crime and Deviance

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand issues related to the interpretation of the concept of ‘deviance’.

Social construction of crime; what is crime, who is a criminal.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1

    Explore the nature of ‘deviance’ with reference to cultural norms.

  • 1.2

    Explain the problematic nature of defining deviance using three sociological theories.

2.

Understand the major sociological explanations for criminal behaviour.

Ecological, cultural, individual theories; apply to e.g. Age, Gender, Class etc.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1

    Compare three major sociological explanations for criminal behaviour.

3.

Be able to analyse societal reactions to crime and deviance.

Role of media reporting crime.

Fear of crime – amplification.

Societal reactions.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1

    Summarise the range of societal reactions to crime and deviance.

  • 3.2

    Analyse the role of the mass media in the amplifications of deviance.