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This course, Introduction to critical criminology, provides a brief introduction to critical criminological thinking.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
2 hours, 20 minutes
Units & Quizzes
14
Unlimited Lifetime access
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Certificate of Completion
It defines the ways in which critical criminologists take a 'critical stance' on the fundamental concepts, practices and institutions associated with crime and criminal justice systems.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Define how critical criminology differs from mainstream criminology
- Identify key features of critical criminological perspectives
- Identify the theoretical building-blocks in critical criminology
- Provide examples of the way critical criminologists think about crime ‘differently’.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction 00:05:00
- Learning outcomes 00:05:00
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- Mainstream or standard criminology 00:05:00
- Classical school of criminology 00:10:00
- Positivist school of criminology 00:15:00
- Positivism and causality 00:10:00
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- The development of critical criminology 00:10:00
- The inheritance of radical criminology 00:15:00
- What does it mean to be critical? 00:15:00
- Critical analysis: Two examples 00:05:00
- Violence 00:10:00
- Governing through crime 00:15:00
- Key features of critical criminology 00:10:00
- Conclusion 00:10:00
