306663 (v.1) SS 582 - International Relations (The Cultural Contexts of Crime)

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Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	2.0
Seminar:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	An exploration of a comparative range of historical and contemporary constructions and definitions of crime and the criminal. Social processes and environments producing differing notions of crime with a focus on the multivocal narratives of crime through core thematic areas. Utilisation of extensive case study materials for student research projects - pre-industrial, modern and globalised constructions of crime.
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have - Gained an understanding of the comparitive bodies of empirical and theoretical material. Developed the capacity for targeted reading. Developed analytical and critical skills. Produced independent research. Developed and integrated printed, visual, oral and electronic sources - including Scholarly Electronic Database materials in written and oral presentations. Developed time management capacities. Strengthened team or group work skills. Developed research and discussion skills, both offline and online. Developed verbal and written presentation skills.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Blok, A, (2000), Honour and Violence, Oxford, Polity Press. Caldeira, T. P. (2000), City of Walls, Crime, Segregation and Citizenship in Sao Paulo, Berkeley, University of California Press. Cantanzaro, R., (1992), Men of Respect: A Social Hisotry of the Sicilian Mafia, New York, Free Press. Dean, T and Lowe, K.J.P., (1994), Crime, Society and the Law in Renaissance Italy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Egmond, F, (1993), Underworlds: Organised Crime in the Netherlands 1650-1800, Cambridge, Polity Press. Emsley, C. and Knafla, L.A., (eds) (1996), Crime History and Histories of Crime: Studies in the Historiography of Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern History, Westport, Greenwood Press. Johnson, E.A., (1995), Urbanisation and Crime: Germany1871-1914, New York, Cambridge University Press. Kermode, J. and Walker, G, (1994), Women, Crime and the Courts in Early Modern England, Chapen Hill, University of North Carolia Press. Merry, S.E. (1981), Urban Danger: Life in a Neighbourhood of Strangers, Philadelphia, Temple University Press. Mukherjee, A. (1995), Crime and Public disorder in Colonial Bengal 1861 - 1912, Calcutta, K.P. Bagchi and Company.
Unit Texts:	Arnot, M. L. and Usborne, C. (eds) (1999), Gender and Crime in Modern Europe, London, UCL Press. Quinney, R. (2000), The Social Reality of Crime, with a new introduction by Trevifio, A. J. New Bruswick, Transaction Publishers.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Continuous Assessment 100%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y