Introduction to Criminology CLASSROOM
Mon: 7.00-9.00pm • Duration: 8 weeks
Tuition Fee: €110
Commencement Date: Monday 3rd October 2023
This Course aims to provide a General Introduction to Criminology
o As with all Social Science disciplines its goal is to understand its subject matter and to determine how that understanding can benefit Humankind
o Over the course duration the aim is to introduce the learner to the study of Crime and Criminality
Course Content:
- · The Emergence of Criminology as a Relatively New Study
- · Crime & Criminology
- · Types of Crime
- · Criminology as a Study
- · The Study of Responses to Law-Breaking
- · Criminal Law
- · Crime & Policy
- · The Irish Penal System/An Garda Siochana
- · Criminology as influenced by Social Context – including Political ideology – Liberal/Left, Conservative/Right
- · The Theory of Crime as supported by empirical tests; as it appears in the ‘Real World’
- · Crime & Criminal Justice in the Media
- · Media Types: News/Entertainment/Infotainment/Explanations/Example
- · Theoretical Perspective
- · Schools of Theory
- · As a Social Science
- · Two Perspectives: Consensus V Conflict
- · Sociological Articles of Research
- · Theoretical Perspectives
- · WHAT WORKS: Prison Reform, Rehabilitation,Restorative Justice, Treatment Programmes – Discussion
- · What is Research Types & Designs
- · Why Do Research
- · Why Does Research Occur
- · What Do Researchers Use
Course Delivery
This course is delivered in the classroom which may have to be adjusted at short notice depending on advice from the government.
Tuition Fee: €110
Commencement Date: Monday 3rd October 2023