Freestanding course, Master’s level
15 credits
Malmö | daytime | 100%
27 March 2023 - 2 June 2023
Applications open 15 September

About the course

This course is offered as part of a programme:

Criminology, Master's Programme (Two-Year) Criminology, Master's Programme (Two-Year)

Course content

Syllabus spring 2023

Earlier syllabuses

Entry requirements and selection

Entry requirements

A bachelor’s degree with a major in social- or behaviour sciences or medicine and English 6.

Selection

University credits completed 100%

Course literature

Bosworth M, Hoyle C, (2011) What is Criminology? Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 551.

Brisman A, Carrabine E, South N, (2018) The Routledge Companion to Criminological Theory and Concepts. London: Routledge. p. 574.

Cullen FT, Wright JP, Blevins KR, (2017) Taking stock: The status of criminological theory, Advances in Criminological Theory, vol. 15. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. p. 477.

Downes D, Rock P, (2016) Understanding deviance: a guide to the sociology of crime and rule-breaking, Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 424.

Liebling A, Maruna S, McAra L, (2017) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 1030.

McAra L, McVie S, (2012) 'Negotiated Order: The Groundwork for a Theory of Offending Pathways'. Criminology and Criminal Justice 12: 347-75. p. 28.

Ward T, Green P, (2016) 'Law, the State and the Dialectics of State Crime’ (2016) in Critical Criminology 24(2): 217–230. p. 13.

Väfors Fritz M, Khoshnood A, (Eds.) (2019) Crime, Victimization and Vulnerability in Malmö. Lund: Studentlitteratur. 171 p.

Additional articles from scientific journals will also be included, approx. 200 pages.

Course evaluation

The course coordinator is responsible for conducting a summative evaluation in connection with the course's completion. The course coordinator provides the feedback to the students at the beginning of the next course. Notes from the feedback are made available to the course's students, and feedback is given to the students who will start the course in the next course session.

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Contact

This education is provided by

Faculty of Health and Society

At the Faculty of Health and Society, research is carried out in the fields of both medicine and social sciences — representing...

Department of Criminology

Criminology is the study of crime. It is a multidisciplinary subject that addresses the development and causes of criminality a...