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Module Title	LH Dissertation: Crime, Harm and Society
School	School of Social Policy
Department	Soc Policy, Sociology & Crimin
Module Code	08 27252
Module Lead	Simon Pemberton
Level	Honours Level
Credits	40
Semester	Full Term
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Restrictions	None
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Description	The dissertation enables students to undertake independent research into a specific area of crime or social harm. Students may choose to investigate the extent and causes of particular crimes or harms, as well as their representation within the media and political discourses, or consider the different regulatory responses to these crimes/harms. Other modes of enquiry may cover the patterned experience of crime and social harms between particular social groups, as well the ways in which these experiences vary between different societies.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Take responsibility for managing their research process; Make critical use of scholarly texts and primary sources to formulate research questions and research focus relating to a particular crime or social harm; Deploy established techniques of analysis, pertinent to their research focus; Make an appropriate and justified selection of methods of enquiry, identifying ethical issues as appropriate; Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, and explanatory concepts in order to come to reasoned conclusions.
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Dissertation - 10,000 word limit.
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