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Criminology BA (B) 30 credits

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Syllabus:
Kriminologi GR (B), 30 hp
Criminology BA (B) 30 credits

General data

  • Code:KR040G
  • Subject/Main field:Criminology
  • Cycle:First cycle
  • Progression:(B)
  • Credits:30
  • Progressive specialization:G1F - First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
  • Education area:Samhällsvetenskap 100%
  • Answerable faculty:Faculty of Human Sciences
  • Answerable department:Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Approved:2017-05-19
  • Date of change:2023-06-28
  • Version valid from:2024-01-10

Selection rules and procedures

The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.

Examination form

0500: Micro and Macro Violence, 2.5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.

0600: Violence, Gender and Theory, 5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.

1100: Victimology Concepts. Theories and the Victimization Process, 3 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.
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1200: Victims of Crime in Criminal Justice and the Consequences of Crime, 4.5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.
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3100: Quantitative Methods, 4 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.
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3200: Qualitative Mehtods, 3.5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.
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4000: Thesis, 7.5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.
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Grading system

Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.

Course reading

Select litterature list:

Required literature

Course unit 1
  • Author: Thapar-Björkert, S., Samelius, L., & Sanghera, G. S.
  • Article title: Exploring symbolic violence in the everyday: misrecognition, condescension, consent and complicity.
  • Journal: 2016/112/1/144-162
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: Feminist Review
  • Author: Skott, S.
  • Article title: Disaggregating Violence: Understanding the decline
  • Journal: 2019/Advanced online publication/ 1-25
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Author: Ray, L.
  • Title: Violence and society
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Sage publications LTD
  • Author: Lövkrona, I., & Nilsson, G.
  • Article title: Vad är våld? Teoretiska och politiska perspektiv.
  • Journal: 2015/24/3-4/44-52.
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: Kulturella perspektiv - svensk etnologisk tidskrift
  • Author: Hillyard, P., & Tombs, S.
  • Article title: From ‘crime’ to social harm?
  • Journal: 2007/48/9-25
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: Crime, Law, and Social Change
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-007-9079-z
  • Comment: Kostnadsfritt via länk
  • Author: Heber, A.
  • Article title: You thought you were Superman’: Violence, Victimisation and Masculinities
  • Journal: 2017/57/1/61-78
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: British Journal of Criminology
  • Author: Edling, C., Rostami, A
  • Title: Våldets sociala dimensioner
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
  • Author: Barker, V.
  • Article title: Nordic vagabonds: The Roma and the logic of benevolent violence in the Swedish welfare state
  • Journal: 2017/14/1/120-139
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: European Journal of Criminology
Course unit 2
  • Author: Meyer, Silke
  • Article title: Still blaming the victim of intimate partner violence?
  • URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276467060_Still_blaming_the_victim_of_intimate_partner_violence_Women's_narratives_of_victim_desistance_and_redemption_when_seeking_support
  • Author: Heber, Anita, Roxell, Lena (red)
  • Title: Att odla kriminologi. Perspektiv på brott och utsatthet
  • Edition: 2019
  • URL: http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1313172/FULLTEXT01.pdf
  • Author: Heber, Anita
  • Title: Var rädd om dig! En litteraturöversikt om rädsla för brott
  • Edition: 2005
  • URL: http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:451005/FULLTEXT01.pdf
  • Author: Granström, G., & Mannelqvist, R.
  • Title: Brottsoffer - Rättsliga perspektiv
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
  • Author: Fattah, Ezzat
  • Article title: Victimology : Past, Present and Future
  • URL: www.erudit.org/en/journals/crimino/1900-v1-n1-crimino142/004720ar.pdf
  • Author: Davies, Pamela, Francis, Peter, & Greer, Chris
  • Title: Victims, crime and society
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
  • Author: Bergenl öv, Eva, Lindsted t Cronber g, Maria, & Österbe rg, Eva
  • Title: Offer för brott: våldtäkt, incest och barnamord i Sverige historia från reformation en till nutid
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
  • Author: af Sandeberg et al
  • Title: Viktimologi sk forskning. Brottsoffer i teori & metod
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
Course unit 3
  • Author: Yin, R
  • Title: Kvalitativ forskning från start till mål
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
  • Author: Pallant, J
  • Title: SPSS Survival Manual
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Open University Press
  • Author: Granheim, U. H., & Lundman B
  • Article title: Qualitative content analysis in nursing research: concepts, procedures and measures to achieve trustworthiness
  • Journal: Nurse Education Today
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: 2004/ 24/105–112
  • Author: Gau, J.M.
  • Title: Statistics for criminology and criminal justice
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: SAGE
Course unit 4
  • Author: Ridley, D (red)
  • Title: The Litteratur Review. A step- by- step Guide for students
  • Edition: senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Sage
  • Title: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed)
  • Edition: Senaste
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association

Reference literature

Course unit 1
  • Author: American Psychological Association
  • Title: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
Course unit 2
  • Author: Heber, A (red)
  • Title: Viktimologisk forskning
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
  • Author: Fredriksson, M., & Malm, U
  • Title: Brottsoffrens rättigheter: I brottmålsprocessen
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Nordstedts Juridik
  • Author: Backman, J
  • Title: Rapporter och uppsatser
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
Course unit 3
  • Author: Trost, J & Hultåker, O
  • Title: Enkätboken
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
  • Author: Jacobsen, D, I (red)
  • Title: Hur genomför man undersökningar?- introduktion till samhällsvetenskapliga
  • Edition: Senaste
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
  • Author: Davies, M., & Hughes, N.
  • Title: Doing a successful research project using qualitative or quantitative methods
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Author: Barmark, M & Djurfeldt, G (red)
  • Title: Statistisk verktygslåda att förstå och förändra världen med siffror
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
  • Author: American Psychological Association
  • Title: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed)
  • Edition: senaste
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association

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