An introduction to one of the most relevant and controversial topics in modern society - crime and its control, this course adopts a criminological and socio-legal approach to give you the opportunity to reflect on current issues on criminality, criminal and deviant behaviour, social control, policing and punishment.The %E2%80%98problem of crime%E2%80%99 remains an unresolved puzzle with fascinating issues and we%E2%80%99ll use a variety of perspectives to engage with on-going, cutting edge debates in criminal justice. We will analyse the criminal justice system through studies of surveillance, policing, and sentencing and engage in the advanced study of key national and international law and policy developments relating to areas such as policing and crime prevention, youth justice, and corporate crime. With engaging discussion on key issues in life and politics on a national and international level, it will provide you with the essentials in understanding how crime and punishment are conceptualised.Appealing to students from a variety of backgrounds, this course offers an interactive experience of the English criminal justice system with planned visits to a high security prison, museums, a case at court and the Royal Courts of Justice.Criminology and Criminal Justice is an introductory course into how criminal behaviour has been articulated by criminologists and how different criminal justice agencies have responded to various forms of crime. Based on lectures, friendly class discussions, experiential learning and field-trips, the course invites students to reflect how crime affects contemporary societies and how liberal democracies have responded to crime. Our intellectual focus will be on the English legal system but the course will also draw international comparisons placing crime and its control in their global context. We will look both at general theories of crime causation and measures of crime (considering relevant categories such as gender, ethnicity and youth criminality), and will also focus on specific types of crime relevant to our current socio-economic climate, i.e. drugs and human trafficking; corporate and white-collar crime; and terrorism and counterinsurgency.

Course leader
TBC

Target group
This course will appeal to students from a variety of backgrounds, including those interested in law, politics, sociology and criminology. It is for students interested in learning more about the English criminal justice system, but also those interested in learning about the sociology of crime and deviance and the socio-political and legal responses to crime across societies. The course will attract students who are interested in deepening their understanding of the topic, but also students who are particularly interested in its most recent cutting-edge expressions: for example, terrorism and human trafficking.

Course aim
The main objective of this course is to introduce you to the key issues and debates in understanding crime and its control in contemporary societies. It provides an overview of the English criminal justice system and compares it to global perspectives on crime control (the comparative focus is on the criminal justice systems of Western Europe and North America). The criminal justice system will be analysed through studies of surveillance, policing, and sentencing. The module includes advanced study of key national and international law and policy developments relating to areas such as policing and crime prevention, youth justice, and corporate crime. The course aims to give you an interactive experience of the English criminal justice system with planned visits to a high security prison, museums and a case hearing at a court.The course plans to run in the form of seminars taught collaboratively by the two course tutors. Apart from traditional learning methods, it will incorporate visits and audio-visual material. Planned field-trips include a visit to the Royal Courts of Justice and guest speakers from the London Metropolitan Police or the Probation services may give guest lectures. The aim of these activities is to offer you a broad and a hands-on perspective on the daily operation and management of the English criminal justice system.



Fee info
GBP 1500: tuition fee only

King's College London
Address: Strand, London
Postal code: WC2R 2LS
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/summer
E-mail: summerschool@kcl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 20 7848 1533