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Organised Crime from a Global Perspective (Spr) (L4116B)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

The module introduces you to the idea of organised crime from a socio-political perspective, bridging the local, global and transnational levels. It aims to:

• give you an advanced critical understanding of organised crime, from a broad set of topics and perspectives
• contextualise organised crime – and the institutional innovation and responses to it – within the social, economic, political and cultural context
• make you understand the nature, evolution and significance of organised criminal activities in today’s world and, in particular, in relation to broader debates about justice in society
• enable you to critically analyse the diverse responses to organised crime.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.