Crime and Society Assessment for Arden University Programme

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Crime and Society assessment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of theprogramme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of patterns of crime and the significance of crime in society.
2. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the respective institutional roles in the criminal justice system and their relationships with each other, and with society.
3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of criminological theories and their relationships to each other.
4. Demonstrate a basic ability to analyse social, philosophical and legal issues relating to crime, criminal justice and social policies.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the need to consider issues of globalisation,

Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a reduction in grade by the same percentage that the word count is exceeded.

You must not include your name in your submission because Arden University operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the identity of the student. However, please do not forget to include your STU number.

This assessment is worth 100% of the total marks for the module. You should complete any one of the questions below.

1. To what extent is there an identifiabl e ‘underclass’ in the UK that is disproportionately involved in crime?
2. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of control theory, and also assess the viewthat its weaknesses mean we should no longer consider it valid in any circumstances.
3. Levels of violent crime change over time by significant amounts. How well does this fit with the idea that much violent crime is committed by people with serious mental illnesses?

You have the opportunity to submit drafts, essay plans etc. of part of the assessment up to a maximum of 1000 words to receive formative feedback. The feedback is designed to help you develop areas of your work and it helps you develop your skills as an independent learner.

Your work must be submitted to the module tutor by email no later than 14 days before the submission deadline. This is to allow time for you to reflect on the feedback and draft your final submission.

Formative feedback will not be given to work submitted after the above date.

You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard system.

The My Study Skills Area on iLearn contains useful resources relating to referencing. You must use the AU Harvard Referencing method in your assignment.

Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the assessment. The word count excludes the title page, tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. Where assessment questions have been reprinted from the assessment brief these will also be excluded from the word count. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count See ‘Word Count Policy’ on the homepage of this module for more information.