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Criminological Classics (L3122)

15 credits, Level 4

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll study four classic criminological research monographs, gaining an in-depth understanding of their content, context, and impact on the discipline. You’ll also develop the skills needed to critically analyse primary texts.

The monographs studied include:

• The Jack Roller (Shaw, 1930)
• Society of Captives (Sykes, 1958)
• Hooligan: A History of Respectable Fears (Pearson, 1983)
• Criminal Women (Carlen, 1985)

You’ll read these monographs in full and explore their historical and intellectual context through lectures and seminars.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 23 hours of contact time and about 127 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.