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Semester 2

Introduction to Global Crime and Justice (LAWS08143)

Subject

Law

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

1

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Although this course is open to all visiting students, spaces are limited and priority will be given to visiting students who are nominated to study with us on a Law exchange agreement.

Course Summary

The course will introduce the study of global crime and justice, a developing field of inquiry which examines the impact of global changes on issues that pertain to crime and punishment. The purpose of the course is to both study criminal phenomena and the available responses to them on the global level as well as to explore the ways in which these issues supplement but also challenge our conventional thinking about crime and punishment. In that sense, the course will cover key problems that pertain to global crime and justice and will also provide the students with the necessary skills to critically assess the challenges posed by supranational phenomena and the adequacy of responses that we currently have.

Course Description

The course will be divided into three segments: 1. Theoretical, definitional and methodological issues: 3 sessions will be devoted to explaining the notion of global crime and justice, key criminological theories which help us understand such phenomena, and relevant dynamics and institutions; 2. Global crimes: the central part (5 sessions) will explore the most important global criminal phenomena including transborder (organized) crime, terrorism and similar offences, atrocity crimes, 'crimmigration', the relationship between crime and development, and 'green' criminology; 3. Global responses: the last 3 sessions will be devoted to examining the way in which we respond to global phenomena by way of policing, prosecution and adjudication, as well as through 'alternative' models of conflict resolution (transitional justice). **An indicative teaching programme is as follows: Week 1: Introduction - Global crime and justice; Week 2: Theoretical and conceptual issues in studying global crime and justice; Week 3: Institutions and dynamics of global crime and justice - Globalization and 'glocalization'; Week 4: Global and transborder (organized) crime; Week 5: Terrorism, insecurity and hate crimes; Week 6: Atrocity crimes; Week 7: Global regulation of immigratio; Week 8: Crime and development/Green criminology; Week 9: Global policing, prosecution and adjudication; Week 10: Transitional justice; Week 11: Conclusions - lessons for a global criminology.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 100%, Coursework 0%, Practical Exam 0%

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