LAW10550

Learning Outcomes:

Having completed this module students will be able to:
Discern the legal basis of the most common criminal offences
Discuss the different kinds of motivation to commit offences
Understand criminal offences in a contextual manner
Explore the effectiveness of the criminal law in different contexts
Relate particular criminal behaviours back to broader criminological theories

Indicative Module Content:

Understanding Criminal Law
Understanding Criminal Motivation
Theft, Robbery and Burglary
The War on Drugs
Vandalism and Graffiti
Violence
Sexual Offences
Cybercrime
Terrorism
White Collar Crime

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

This module is delivered face to face with additional online material. Students will be assigned work to prepare most weeks. This may be reading, watching short videos, completing online exercises, reflection and preparing to debate, or preparing written work. Students are expected to engage with all teaching and learning activities.

Students on this module are expected to have read and understood the UCD Academic Integrity Policy and the School Protocol on Academic Integrity. Students must ensure that they comply with all requirements laid down therein and avoid academic misconduct. Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence, or other machine learning technology, in their learning and in completing assessments on this module. Students are expected to follow the Harvard Style in citing sources in completing assessments.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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