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The Parameters of Hate

Module summary

Module code: SOCI1136
Level: 6
Credits: 15
School: Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department: Law and Criminology
Module Coordinator(s): Magdalena Lesiak / Katie Betteridge / Nic Aaron / Leonie Howe

Specification

Aims

This module will enable students to understand what hate crime by examining the various forms that hate crimes can take and how they impact both the victims and their communities. A range of backgrounds and groups will be considered throughout this module including the disabled, religious, ethnic, lesbian, gay, transgender and alternative subgroups such as 鈥済oths鈥.

Students will learn about current hate crime laws within England and Wales and consider the effectiveness of the criminal justice, particularly the police, response. The issues surrounding the effectiveness of aggravated offences and incitement legislation in the prosecution and prevention of hate crime will also be examined.

The module will also examine the reasons why perpetrators commit hate offences and may adopt a global comparative outlook.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module a student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the different forms hate crime can take.
2. Critically Evaluate the nature, extent and impact that hate crime has on victims and their wider communities.
3. Identify perpetrators' motivations.
4. Analyse and discuss the response of the criminal justice system and society to hate crime.
5. Analyse the effectiveness of legislation.
6. Critique hate crime theory.

Indicative content

This course will cover issues relating to hate crime but will go beyond established protected groups:
1. Understanding hate crime.
2. Disability.
3. Race.
4. Religion 鈥 female experiences of Islamaphobia.
5. Peadophiles.
6. Gender.
7. LGBT.

Teaching and learning activity

The module will include the following teaching and learning activities: lectures, tutor-led seminars sessions, structured group discussions, and the analysis of contemporary case studies.

The module will consist of traditional lectures that will incorporate mini question and answer sessions. The lectures will provide students with the necessary background knowledge to understand the issues of identifying and prosecuting hate crime. They will include research findings, case studies and prosecution data to enable students to reflect on societies and the criminal justice response.

The module will include the use of documentaries where possible either within seminars or before seminars (at home) to help facilitate discussion within the seminars.

Assessment

Report - 100% Weighting, 40% Pass Mark.
Learning Outcomes - 1-6.
Outline details - A critical reflection of the media/content analysis of a hate crime in the students own area. 3000 Words.

Formative Assessment - Students will present a group presentation based on one national or international hate crime media story and analysis its contents. This formative will feed directly into the summative assessment.