Topic outline
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Different theories of crime, deviance, social orderand social control.
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The social distribution of crime and deviance byage, ethnicity, gender, locality and social class,including recent patterns and trends in crime.
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Globalisation and crime in contemporary society;the mass media and crime; green crime; humanrights and state crimes.
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Crime control, prevention and punishment,victims, and the role of the criminal justice systemand other agencies.
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The sociological study of suicide and itstheoretical and methodological implications.
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The connections between sociological theory andmethods and the study of crime and deviance.
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