CRIME MAPPING SPATIAL ANALYSIS GEOGRAPHICAL ARCGIS

This module will equip students with the theoretical and practical knowledge of geographical analytical tools applicable to the discipline of crime science....

Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis (SECU0022)

This module will equip students with the theoretical and practical knowledge of geographical analytical tools applicable to the discipline of crime science. Using the SARA framework, this module will provide students with the opportunity to analyse real and simulated data to explore each part of the problem-solving process.

Drawing on two key computer packages (ArcGIS and CrimeStat), this module will be invaluable to anyone intending to use spatial analysis in their dissertation or future applied work of this kind.

Human rights are inherently political. This module turns away from philosophical and legal approaches to focus on political (and other social) science...

Human Rights: Politics and Practice (PUBL0035)

Human rights are inherently political. This module turns away from philosophical and legal approaches to focus on political (and other social) science perspectives on human rights. It focuses on the messy institutional politics of the international human rights regime, on the wide range of actors that engage with human rights at the international and national level and examines the gap between human rights law on the books and rights in practice.

It is essential to appreciate the political and institutional obstacles that face even a clearly valid legal claim. In discussing legal doctrine in most domestic contexts, we typically assume enforcement. In the absence of a global sovereign, doctrinal analysis of international law lacks that luxury.

Looming in the background are fundamental questions: Is this merely cheap talk, or is this a regime of genuine authority? Do changes in the content of the law lead to changes in behaviour? If so, how? This module addresses these questions and explores the varied roles of states and non-state actors in developing, enforcing and undermining human rights.