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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Criminology
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
DרץInbal wilamovski
Coordinator Office Hours:
monday 12:00-13:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Inbal Wilamovski
Course/Module description:
Cultural criminology proposes to understand realities of crime, social perversion, victims and the law enforcement system in the context of cultural forces operating consciously and unconsciously to shape hegemonic definitions of crime and justice. Popular culture takes an extensive part in shaping the reality of crime and constructing it in the eyes of society, in accordance with social perceptions.
This course will critically examine the construction of crime, victims and the law enforcement system through texts in popular culture, especially TV series (as well as movies, commercials, etc.), in order to understand the role of culture in general and popular culture in particular in shaping the reality of crime. The course will discuss contemporary Western cultural texts dealing with crime and will focus on the analysis of local texts in Israeli culture, in order to produce a seminar research paper around a cultural text to be chosen by the student.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. To be familiar with the field of cultural criminology and the research possibilities inherent in it.
2. To וUnderstand how to analyze a cultural text with interpretive tools and in light of theoretical perspectives in criminology
3. To critically read popular culture texts dealing with crime, victims and the law enforcement system and to examine how they represent reality, construct reality (preserve stereotypes and power relations) or undermine existing reality and produce resistance.
4. To write a seminar paper that analyzes a cultural text on crime, in light of theories in criminology and using cultural research methodologies.
Attendance requirements(%):
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, discussions, exercises in class and writing assignments, Watching series and movies, discussions
Course/Module Content:
Cultural Criminology - Introduction
Cultural research
Popular culture in the world and in Israel in the context of crime and police
Representations of crime and criminals in popular culture
The figure of the policeman and the police representation in popular culture
Representation of prisons in popular culture
Women and crime in popular culture
Victims and sexual offenses in popular culture
Required Reading:
Bevier, L. (2015) The Meaning of Cultural Criminology: A Theoretical and Methodological Lineage, Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Criminology, 7(2): 34-48
Ferrell, J., Hayward, K., & Young, J. (2008). Cultural criminology: An invitation. London: Sage.
Hayward, Keith. J. (2016). Cultural criminology: script rewrites. Theoretical Criminology, 20 (3), 297-321, 24 pages
רגב, מ' (2011). סוציולוגיה של התרבות. רעננה: האוניברסיטה הפתוחה. פרק 1: תרבות וסוציולוגיה: הגדרות, גישות תיאורטיות ותחומי מחקר; פרק 2: כיצד פועלת התרבות
Dowler, Ken;Fleming, Thomas;Muzzatti, Stephen L (2006). Constructing Crime: Media, Crime, and Popular Culture. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice; 48, 6; pg. 837-865
King, N., Streeter, R., & Rose, T. (2016, November 22). Cultural Studies Approaches to the Study of Crime in Film and on Television. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology
Surette, R. (2011). Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice. 4th Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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