University of BRISTOL LAWD 30100 CRIMINOLOGY Unit Coordinator Michael Naughton UNDERGRADUATE UNIT GUIDE Law School 2019/2020
Contents Unit Description 3 Teaching Staff 3 Learning and Teaching on this Unit 3 Learning Opportunities - Formative Assessments 4 Requirements for passing the unit - Summative Assessments: 4 Intended Learning Outcomes 5 Approach to Study 5 Core Texts and Other Resources 6 2 ... ...
Unit Description In contrast to Criminal Law, which is concerned with the rules which determine whether a person has committed a criminal offence, Criminology considers what factors may have led to the offender's breaking the law in the first place. The explanations of criminality which comprise the bulk of this unit can be roughly divided into (a) sociological, (b) physiological, and (c) psychological. The wide range of sociological accounts considered includes the importance of the environment within which the offender grows up, the type of friends the offender makes, the formation of delinquent groups or gangs and the effect of poverty. The Criminology unit has three principal aims, which are to explain: i) the origins and development of criminology ii) the data and methods employed in criminological inquiry iii) the principal theoretical perspectives advanced by criminologists regarding the epidemiology and aetiology of crime Teaching Staff This unit is taught by: Unit Co-ordinator Dr Michael Naughton (m.naughton@bristol.ac.uk). Please view the contact details on Blackboard for office location and consultation hours (this is located in the Blackboard Organisation: 'Law School - Student Pages > Contact Details / Staff Consultation Hours'). You are welcome to visit during consultation hours to discuss matters connected to this unit. Staff consultation hours will be advertised outside their offices and on Blackboard. If these times are not convenient for you, you should make contact by e-mail to arrange an appointment. Learning and Teaching on this Unit Ten one-hour lectures and 10 two-hour seminars. For the time/location of classes please refer to your personal timetable (www.bristol.ac.uk/mybristol). There are three contact hours for this unit, which will include a mixture of lectures and seminars. The format of the ten two-hour seminars will be discursive and active participation is required. The materials and reading lists are only indicative and students are expected to develop their own research skills. You should expect a mixture of: ā¢ Lectures 3