Teaching criminology and criminal justice : challenges for higher education / / edited by Suzanne Young and Katie Strudwick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910633911403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 3-031-14899-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 pages)
• Disciplina: 364.0711
• Soggetti: Criminology - Study and teaching (Higher); Criminologia; Ensenyament del dret; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Addressing the Challenges in Teaching Criminology and Criminal Justice -- Themes of the Edited Collection -- References -- Part I The Challenges of Diversity and Inclusion -- 2 Exploring the Criminology Curriculum-Reflections on Developing and Embedding Critical Information Literacy -- Introduction -- Reflecting on Our Criminology Curriculum -- Researching Critical Information Literacy -- Staff and Student Personal Reflections on the Criminology Curriculum and Curriculum Development -- A Sense of Belonging-How the Current Curriculum Includes and Excludes Students and Staff -- Reflexive Practice-How Staff and Students Reflect on Curriculum Content -- Creation of Resources-Opportunities and Barriers to the Creation and Co-creation of Curriculum Resources -- The Importance of Critical Information Literacy for Criminology -- Concluding Thoughts -- Top Tips: Embedding Critical Information Literacy -- References -- 3 Teaching Criminal Justice as Feminist Praxis -- Introduction -- Challenges to Feminist Identity and Ideology -- Embodying and Embedding Intersectionality -- Reflective Practice as Praxis -- ; Making Learning Relevant -- Conclusion -- Top Tips: Teaching Criminal Justice as Feminist Practice -- References -- 4 Teaching 'Race' in the Criminology Classroom: Towards an Anti-Racist Pedagogy -- Introduction -- Race as a Threshold Concept in Criminology -- Pedagogical Reconstruction and Preparing to Teach About Race -- Teaching About Race: Facilitating an Anti-Racist Classroom -- Conclusion -- Top Tips: Teaching About 'Race' -- Notes -- References -- 5 Promoting Success for All in Criminology: Widening Participation and Recognising Difference -- Introduction.; Promoting Success for All in Criminology: The Widening Participation Strategy -- Social and Cultural Deficits -- The Skills Deficit and the 'Ideal' Student -- Deficits and Links to Attrition -- Addressing Social, Cultural and Skills Deficits -- Conclusion -- Top Tips: Promoting Inclusion in Criminology Cohorts -- References -- Part II The Challenges of Creating Authentic Learning Environments -- 6 Putting the Cyber into Cybercrime Teaching -- Introduction -- Criminology and Cybercrime -- Interdisciplinary Cybercrime Pedagogy -- Pedagogy and Digital Criminology -- Applied Socio-Technical Project -- Conclusion -- Top Tips: Teaching Cybercrime -- References -- 7 Visualising Injustice with Undergraduate Smartphone Photography -- Introduction -- Challenges in Creating Authentic Assessments -- Setting the Scene for Smartphone Photography -- Legal and Ethical Challenges -- Pedagogical Benefits of Visual Criminology -- A Case Study for the Visual Assessment? -- Concluding Comments -- Top Tips: Visual Learning and Teaching -- References -- 8 Transforming Criminology: Strategies for Embedding 'Employability' Across the Criminology Undergraduate Curricula -- Introduction -- Defining Employability -- HE and Work Ready Graduates -- HE in Wales -- Employability and the Case Study Institution -- Meeting the Needs of Employers and Students Through Curriculum Enhancement -- Enhancing the Swansea Undergraduate Curriculum -- Limitations of the Sample -- Results -- Decision-Making and Enrolling for a Criminology Degree -- Career Aspirations and Choices -- Recognition of Transferable Skills -- Transforming Cultural Norms: The Teaching Versus Research Nexus -- Discussion: A Discrete and Integrated Approach -- Measuring Success -- Concluding Thoughts -- Top Tips: Embedding Employability -- References -- Part III The Challenges of Creating Transformative Conversations.; 9 Balancing Sympathy and Empathy in an Emotive Discipline -- Introduction -- Pedagogies of Empathy -- The Challenge of Achieving Empathy When Teaching Penology -- Deconstructing Empathy and Sympathy -- Achieving Empathy -- Conclusion -- Top Tips: Teaching an Emotive Discipline -- References -- 10 Reasonably Uncomfortable: Teaching Sensitive Material Sensitively -- Introduction -- What Is Sensitive Material and Why Does It Matter to Criminology? -- Students Prior Knowledge and Engaging Participation -- Delivering Engagement -- Ensuring Boundaries -- Working with and Acknowledging Student Experience -- Self-Care and Protection as a Teacher of Sensitive Topics -- Conclusion -- Top Tips: Teaching Sensitive Material in Criminology -- References -- 11 Decolonising the Curriculum: Who is in the Room? -- Introduction -- Background Context/Setting the Scene -- Who Is Here -- Obstacles -- The Programme -- The Subaltern Voice: In the Room Where It Happens -- Confronting Emotion -- So What Did We Want Students to Learn, in the End? -- Conclusion -- Top Tips: Decolonising Learning and Teaching -- Notes -- References -- 12 Conclusion: Pedagogical Principles for Criminology and Criminal Justice -- Introduction -- Pedagogical Principles for Criminology -- Create Authentic Learning ; Experiences -- Diversifying the Learning Opportunities -- Encourage Difficult and Uncomfortable Conversations -- Create Opportunities for Students Within and Beyond University -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.