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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies)

Postgraduate Course: Global Crime, Justice and Security: Theories and Frameworks (PGSP11249)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis foundational core course, designed for the MSc in Global Crime, Justice and Security, will introduce students to theoretical frameworks from law and the social and political sciences through which they will be able to understand and interpret issues raised in the second semester core course and in other non-core courses.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
The course aims to give students a firm grasp of a number of theoretical perspectives and concepts utilised by legal, social and political scholars to describe, explain and understand issues of crime, justice and security in a global context.
By the end of the course students should:
be able to identify and understand key concepts and theories in legal, social and political scholarship,
know and understand academic debates and in the field of global crime, justice and security,
be able to critically engage with scholarly work in the field of global crime, justice and security, and, particularly, to summarise and evaluate examples of such work,
be in a position to anticipate the application of concepts and theories to a range of contexts in which crime, justice and security have a global, transnational or international element.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Andy Aitchison
Tel: (0131 6)51 4563
Email: andy.aitchison@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Cristyn King
Tel: (0131 6)51 3865
Email: cristyn.king@ed.ac.uk
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