Transnational Organised Crime MA

Transnational Justice And Organised Crime

Module code: SOCY70532

Researching Crime And Society

Module code: SOCY70529

Crimes Of The Powerful: White-Collar, Corporate And State Crime

This module immerses students into a series of critical discussions about the topic of Crimes of the Powerful with special focus around influencing policy. Students can expect to debate issues such as what and who is considered powerful (C Wright Mills). Recent examples may include, powerful state actors in China, Russia, and the Middle-East. Critical evaluation of older conceptualisations of power e.g. power as relational (Foucault) and instead, conceptualising power in terms of money, influence and means. A key aim of the module is to examine a number of relevant in-depth case studies concerning different themes of crimes of the powerful, which may include: -The Arms Industry (weapons smuggling and violence), -Corporations (such as Microsoft and Amazon, big Pharma, Oxytocin, water companies in the UK, Post Office Horizon scandal, Trafigura involved in the disposal of toxic waste in the Ivory coast, environmental crimes in Bangladesh -The press and the Media (Murdoch) -Education specifically the complex relationship in HE to powerful actors (examples to include the relationship between LSE and Gadaffi, opening the HE market to China, Russian Oligarch’s sponsorship of Oxford political studies, the use of NDAs to hide misconduct at universities) -Global finance (Libor rigging, the abuses of banks and money laundering, Russian Oligarchs, Putin) -Space is also given to the difficulties of disentangling of the role of the state and state crime, either repressive power and authoritarianism or liberal permissiveness and non-intervention -A critical examination of companies development of AI and the potential for global (mis)use of technology and AI -Finally, consideration is given to the various strategies that attempt to expose, tackle and bring the powerful to justice for their crimes (for example recent imprisonment of high-profile Nigerian politicians for the harvesting of organs and exposure of the crimes of South Korean pop stars involved in sex scandals).-Space in this module will also be devoted to completing the assignment and support around thinking strategically in the production of suitable recommendations for challenging crimes of the powerful

Module code: SOCY70526

Trafficking Illegal Trade In People Goods And Services

Module code: SOCY70531

Postgraduate Project

Module code: SOCY70528

Understanding And Tackling Domestic Organised Crime

Module code: SOCY70533