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A Critical History of Crime and Punishment

Module code: SAC4011-B

Module Aims

The module aims to:

• Provide an overview of both 19th-century and 20th century approaches to crime and criminal behaviour
• Provide a coherent understanding of changing offending patterns over time.
• Provide knowledge of the core developments in crime and punishment in the UK since 1834.
• Provide an understanding of the social and political origins of modern approaches to crime and punishment in the UK.

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