Criminologies of Violence

This module will provide you with the core conceptual and theoretical approaches that have been developed to explain the problem of violence within criminology. You are given the opportunity to further develop the analytical, critical and written skills required to assess, explain and conceptualize the impact and prevalence of criminal violence on contemporary society. Topics typically include:

· Violence and Civilization

· Violence and the Great Crime Decline

· Violence and Gender

· Violence and the Domestic Sphere

· Violence and Nonhumans

· Drugs and Violence

· Violence and Hooliganism

· Violence and Hate

· Violence and Youth

· Media, Violence and Crime