Visual Criminology (Spr) (L2906B)
Visual Criminology (Spr)
Module L2906B
Module details for 2025/26.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 6
Module Outline
Visual culture is critical to understandings of Criminology in the past and present. This is the starting point for this module, which will challenge you to think critically about crime, criminal justice, and the development of Criminology as a discipline through visual evidence. From Lombroso’s sketches of Criminal Man to Netflix’s Making a Murderer, you will learn how visual cultures of crime have impacted criminological theories and criminal justice. We will discuss criminological meanings in art, photography, film, video games and documentaries, for examples, including how far criminologists believe these things influence people to participate in crime. But we will also explore the limits of visual evidence and the implications for the future of crime and justice.
Full Module Description
Visual culture is critical to understandings of Criminology in the past and present. This is the starting point for this module, which will challenge you to think critically about crime, criminal justice, and the development of Criminology as a discipline through visual evidence. From Lombroso’s sketches of Criminal Man to Netflix’s Making a Murderer, you will learn how visual cultures of crime have impacted criminological theories and criminal justice. We will discuss criminological meanings in art, photography, film, video games and documentaries, for examples, including how far criminologists believe these things influence people to participate in crime. But we will also explore the limits of visual evidence and the implications for the future of crime and justice.
Module learning outcomes
Critically understand the significance of the visual to crime and justice.
Critically evaluate major theories of Visual Criminology.
Show appreciation for the extent (and limits) to which knowledge about crime in the present is based on visual culture(s).
Critically evaluate a visual source, applying [visual] criminological concepts.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio (4000 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 1 Mon 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 11111111111 |
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Dr Alexa Neale
Convenor, Assess convenor
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Dr Vladimir Rizov
Assess convenor
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