Basic understanding of patterns of crime and the significance of crime in society.

  As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Crime and Society assessment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments. Learning Outcomes: After completing the module, you should be able to: 1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of patterns of crime and the significance of crime in society. 2. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the respective institutional roles in the criminal justice system and their relationships with each other, and with society. 3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of criminological theories and their relationships to each other. 4. Demonstrate a basic ability to analyse social, philosophical and legal issues relating to crime, criminal justice and social policies. 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical issues embedded in analyses of problems, existing policies and options for policy change.