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This course, Introduction to critical criminology, provides a brief introduction to critical criminological thinking.

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Description

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 content

  • Introduction 00:05:00
  • Learning outcomes 00:05:00
    • 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
    • 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

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