Undergraduate Course: Criminologies of Atrocity (LAWS10218)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course will introduce students to scholarship in and beyond criminology on atrocity crimes, which include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
The first section of the course surveys the scholarship in criminology and a wider set of disciplines, and in relation to perpetrators and victims of atrocity. The second, short, section looks at the legal context of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the historical context of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. The remainder of the course develops a framework for further development of these approaches and issues through applied research on atrocity crimes in the former Yugoslavia. This section will include: a methodological session on using judicial sources as data; a methods session on using computer assisted qualitative data analysis software; and two workshop sessions linked to the final assessment.
Ultimately, this will equip students to conduct their own original analysis of data relating to atrocities, by utilising theory to interrogate empirical evidence. |
| Course description |
1. Atrocity and criminology
2. Atrocity beyond criminology
3. Perpetrators and atrocity
4. Victims and atrocity
5. International Justice and atrocity
6. The Yugoslav wars and atrocity
7. Methodology: testimony as data
8. Methods: Computer Assisted Quantitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) and coding
9. Workshop: Formulating questions and case selection
10. Workshop: Developing codes and coding transcripts
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students should have successfully completed an ordinary level course in criminology, history, international law, politics or sociology.
Spaces on this course are allocated as part of the Law Honours Course Allocation process. Places are generally only available to students who must take Law courses. To request a space on this course, please email Law.UGO@ed.ac.uk |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | This course is only open to visiting students coming through a direct exchange with the School of Law (including Erasmus students on a Law-specific Exchange). Exchange students outside of Law and independent study abroad students are not eligible to enrol in this course, with no exceptions.
**Please note that 3rd year Law courses are high-demand, meaning that they have a very high number of students wishing to enrol in a very limited number of spaces.**
Priority will be given to students studying on exchange within the Law department, and it is highly unlikely that there will be additional spaces for general exchange students & independent study abroad students to enrol; we will look into this on a case-by-case basis in September/January. Visiting students are advised to bear in mind that enrolment in specific courses can never be guaranteed, and you may need to be flexible in finding alternatives in case your preferred courses have no available space.
These enrolments are managed strictly by the Visiting Student Office, in line with the quotas allocated by the department, and all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. It is not appropriate for students to contact the department directly to request additional spaces.
Students should have successfully completed an ordinary level course in criminology, history, international law, politics or sociology. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 33 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will be assessed by one full-length paper of 5000 words, worth 100% of final mark, submitted in the form of a research article and based on a research project developed by the candidate over the period of the course. |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate: Broad knowledge of core criminological scholarship on the problem of atrocity, and further knowledge on scholarship in other disciplines (history, political science, social psychology, sociology); knowledge of the development of criminological study of atrocity since the early 20th century; more detailed knowledge of concepts and theories in the area of perpetrator studies or victimology as they relate to atrocity crime; working knowledge of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, accounts of the drivers behind these, and of key participants; working knowledge of the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and of the claims made regarding its achievements
- By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate: The ability to distil and applying intellectual frameworks to conceptualise and analyse complex problems; critical judgement regarding the work of others and one¿s own work; the ability to present a structured argument and analysis derived from a larger body of material (theoretical, methodological and empirical); to make ethical judgments on the use and presentation of sensitive archival materials relating to atrocity violence.
- By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate: Core skills in qualitative data analysis, including basic knowledge of principles of data-coding and the use of Computer Aided Qualitative Data Software; capacity to manage and analyse qualitative criminological to produce findings.
- By the taking the course students should develop autonomy and creativity in formulating research questions and selecting appropriate data; experience in working productively with others in groups and respecting the input of others; experience of working under guidance.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | criminology,atrocity,Yugoslavia,ICTY,research |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andy Aitchison
Tel: (0131 6)51 4563
Email: andy.aitchison@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Suzanne Strath
Tel: (0131 6)517000
Email: Suzanne.Strath@ed.ac.uk |
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