Criminology and Criminal Justice Top-Up BA (Hons)

Compulsory module

Dissertation (40 credits): The dissertation will provide an opportunity for students to undertake independent study in an area of their choice relating to criminology and criminal justice. Detailed guidance will be provided by your allocated dissertation supervisor

Optional Modules

Sex, violence and Strategies (20 credit): The module explores a variety of legislative and non-legislative approaches to violence against women in contemporary discourses. A thorough analysis of recent and planned government policy initiatives in the violence against women field is undertaken alongside engaging with existing feminist critiques. The module is taught from a variety of critical perspectives underpinned most consistently by critical race feminism.

Crime and New Technologies (20 credit): In the early part of the module, students will examine cybercrime in addition to the global phenomenon of serious organised crime and terrorism. As the module progresses, students examine crime, criminal behaviour and the new genetics, and in particular, the impact of the Human Genome Project and theoretical links between the biological and social sciences. In the latter part of the module, students examine biosocial explanations for crime and criminal behaviour and post-postmodern attempts to conceptualise crime in relation to the â€کnew' technologies.

Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery (20 credit): The indicative module content divides into three distinct parts with interconnecting elements:

Part 1: Understanding the historical, legal and theoretical framework.
Part 2: Human exploitation in context.
Part 3: Unauthorised and Unwanted: addresses the role played by the war on human trafficking/smuggling in the exclusion and criminalisation of unauthorised migrants.

Crime at the Movies (20 credit): The module provides an in-depth investigation into the portrayal of crime in mainstream Hollywood cinema. It provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to undertake theoretically informed critical appraisals of mainstream cinematic representations of crime and criminality.

Humanity, Values and the Environment (20 Credit): This module covers a range of central ethical concepts and distinctions that are at play in the study of environmental ethics; economic decision making methods and their limitations; the main approaches to animal ethics; the main approaches to life based ethics; the main approaches to ecological integrity (or holistic) ethics; deep ecology; ecofeminisim and corporate and governmental responses to and responsibility for environmental change.

Diversity, Crime and Justice (20 Credit): The indicative module content divides into 3 distinct parts with interconnecting elements.

Part 1: Conceptualising diference and diversity.
Part 2: Diverse identities, experiences and [in]justice in context.
Part 3: Diversity and Reimaging Justice for all.

*Please note it may not be possible to offer the full range of options every year. UCO will try to ensure that students are able to undertake their preferred option.