Criminology BA (A), Drugs and Crime, 7.5 credits
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Kriminologi GR (A), Droger och kriminalitet, 7.5 hp
Criminology BA (A), Drugs and Crime, 7.5 credits
General data
- Code: KR045G
- Subject/Main field: Criminology
- Cycle: First cycle
- Progression: (A)
- Credits: 7.5
- Progressive specialization: G1N - First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
- Education area: Social sciences 100%
- Answerable department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Approved: 2025-04-04
- Version valid from: 2025-01-20
Entry requirements
General entry requirements
Selection rules and procedures
The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.
Examination form
1100: Assignment, 1 Credits
Grade scale: Two-grade scale
1200: Individual Written Exam, 6.5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A-F o Fx
Grading system
Seven-grade scale, A-F o Fx
Course reading
Required literature
- Author: UNODC
- Title: World drug report 2017. The drug problem and organized crime, illicit financial flows, corruption and terrorism
- Edition: 2017
- URL: www.unodc.org/wdr2017/field/Booklet_5_NEXUS.pdf
- Author: Nilsson, A
- Title: Offending, drug abuse and life chances—a longitudinal study of a Stockholm birth cohort
- Edition: 2014
- URL: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14043858.2014.939452
- Author: EMCDDA
- Title: Sweden country drug report 2017
- Edition: 2017
- URL: www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/4504/TD0116923ENN.pdf
- Author: BRÅ
- Title: Narkotikadistributörerna. En studie av grossisterna
- Edition: 2007
- Publisher: BRÅ rapport 7
- URL: www.bra.se
- Author: Bourgois, P
- Title: In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio
- Edition: Senaste upplagan
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Author: Bean, P
- Title: Drugs and crime
- Edition: Senaste upplagan
- Publisher: Routledge
- Author: Agerberg, M
- Title: Kidnappad hjärna
- Edition: Senaste upplagan
- Publisher: Studentlitteratur
- Title: Narkotikadistributörerna. En studie av grossisterna
- Edition: 2007
- Publisher: BRÅ rapport 7
- URL: www.bra.se
- Title: Vart tog alla pengarna vägen? En studie av narkotikabrottslighetens ekonomihantering
- Edition: 2007
- Publisher: BRÅ rapport 4
- URL: www.bra.se
Reference literature
- Author: UN Office on drugs and crime
- Title: Sweden's succesful drug policy: A review of the evidence
- Edition: 2007
- URL: www.unodc.org/pdf/research/Swedish_drug_control.pdf
- Author: Martin, J, Munksgaard, R, Coomber, R, Demant, J, Barratt, M
- Article title: Selling Drugs on Darkweb Cryptomarkets: Differentiated Pathways, Risks and Rewards
- Journal: 2020/60/3/559-578
- Year/Volume/nr/pages: The British Journal of Criminology
- Author: EMCDDA
- Title: ESPAD Report 2019: Results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Edition: 2020
- URL: www.espad.org/sites/espad.org/files/2020.3878_EN_04.pdf
- Author: Clarke, C
- Article title: Drugs & thugs: Funding terrorism through narcotics trafficking
- Journal: 2016/9/3/1-15
- Year/Volume/nr/pages: Journal of Strategic Security