Coursework
Learning outcomes assessed
1. a) Demonstrate an understanding of the meaning of what is a ‘crime’
2. b) Demonstrate an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of crime data
3. c) Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the media in our understanding of crime and
criminality
4. d) Demonstrate an understanding of leading theories of the causes of crime
5. e) Demonstrate an understanding of various crimes in action such as violent crime and hate
crime
6. f) Demonstrate an understanding of critical issues in criminology such as race and gender
7. g) Evaluate criminological theories critically in the light of other theories and of relevant
statistical and other data
8. h) Appreciate the political and social pressures that influence legal responses to “deviant”
behaviour
