Foundation Criminology
63 lessons across 12 topics
1. Topic 1(COLON) Thinking Criminologically(COLON) Crime, Deviance and the Discipline
1Lesson 1.1: What Is Criminology? Origins And Scope Of The Discipline2Lesson 1.2: Defining Crime: A Socially And Legally Constructed Category3Lesson 1.3: Crime, Deviance, Norms And Social Control4Lesson 1.4: Classifying Crime: Types, Patterns And The Picture Of Crime5Lesson 1.5: Why Study Crime? Criminology, Policy And Everyday Life
2. Topic 2(COLON) Measuring Crime(COLON) Statistics, Surveys and Research Methods
6Lesson 2.1: How Do We Count Crime? Official (police-recorded) Statistics7Lesson 2.2: The Dark Figure Of Crime And Victim Surveys8Lesson 2.3: Self-report Studies And Triangulating The Evidence9Lesson 2.4: Research Methods In Criminology10Lesson 2.5: Reliability, Validity, Ethics And Reading Data Critically
3. Topic 3(COLON) Perceptions of Crime(COLON) Media, Moral Panics and the Fear of Crime
4. Topic 4(COLON) Early Explanations(COLON) Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime
15Lesson 4.1: Pre-scientific And Early Biological Accounts16Lesson 4.2: Body Type, Genes And Modern Biological Criminology17Lesson 4.3: Psychological Theories: Personality And Learning18Lesson 4.4: Psychological Theories: Cognition, Development And Psychoanalysis19Lesson 4.5: Developmental And Life-course Criminology
5. Topic 5(COLON) The Classical Tradition(COLON) Rational Choice, Control and Deterrence
6. Topic 6(COLON) Sociological Strain and Subcultural Theories
7. Topic 7(COLON) Critical, Interactionist and Contemporary Criminologies
28Lesson 7.1: Labelling Theory And The Social Reaction To Deviance29Lesson 7.2: Marxist And Critical Criminology30Lesson 7.3: Right Realism And Left Realism31Lesson 7.4: Feminist Criminologies And Gender32Lesson 7.5: Cultural, Green And Postmodern Criminologies33Lesson 7.6: Race, Ethnicity And Criminal Justice
8. Topic 8(COLON) Forms of Crime
34Lesson 8.1: Violent Crime And Homicide35Lesson 8.2: Property And Acquisitive Crime36Lesson 8.3: Drugs, Drug Markets And Drug Policy37Lesson 8.4: Sexual Violence And Domestic Abuse38Lesson 8.5: Crimes Of The Powerful: White-collar, Corporate And State Crime39Lesson 8.6: Organised Crime And Cybercrime40Lesson 8.7: Terrorism, Political Violence And Radicalisation41Lesson 8.8: Globalisation, Transnational And Comparative Criminology
9. Topic 9(COLON) Victims and Victimology
10. Topic 10(COLON) The Criminal Justice System
11. Topic 11(COLON) Punishment, Penology and Responses to Crime
12. Topic 12(COLON) Academic English, Research and Study Skills for Criminology (EAP)
56Lesson 12.1: Academic Reading And Critical Engagement With Sources57Lesson 12.2: Academic Writing: Register, Structure And Argument58Lesson 12.3: Referencing, Citation And Academic Integrity59Lesson 12.4: Working With Data: Interpreting And Presenting Crime Statistics60Lesson 12.5: Seminars, Presentations And Academic Speaking61Lesson 12.6: The Reflective Log And Reflective Practice62Lesson 12.7: The Independent Research Project63Lesson 12.8: Study Skills, Time Management And Exam Technique