This module critically examines how migration is policed and governed in an era of heightened mobility and inequality. Students will explore the role of states, international organisations, and non-state actors in constructing migrants as "victims" of exploitation, "villains" in criminalisation narratives, and subjects of global border regimes. Key themes include: securitisation and surveillance, detention and deportation practices, human trafficking, asylum and refugee protection, and the intersections of race, gender, and class in shaping border policing.
Through sociological, criminological and interdisciplinary perspectives, students will engage with debates on global inequalities, state power, and justice, developing the analytical tools needed to interrogate contemporary controversies over migration and borders. The module also develops transferable skills in policy analysis, critical presentation, and applied criminological research.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Critically evaluate key theories and concepts relating to migration, policing, and border regimes.
Analyse the role of states, NGOs, and international organisations in shaping migration governance and criminalisation
Assess how intersections of race, gender, and class influence experiences of migration, victimisation, and criminalisation
Apply sociological and criminological perspectives to case studies of global border control, detention, and deportation
Be able to demonstrate team-working, presentation and essay writing skills.
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment:
Assessment: 10-minute presentation (50%) and 1500 word written coursework (50%)
Reassessment:
by failed component; the essay will be resubmitted on Canvas during the supplementary period, the presentation can be pre-recorded by the students and likewise be resubmitted in supplementary period on Canvas.
