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CSS411:Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Security Studies
CSS 411: Contemporary issues in Criminology and Security Studies is a one -Semester 3 Credit Unit course. The course is available toward the award of Postgraduate Diploma course in Criminology and Security Studies. The course material can also be useful for students of Sociology, Law, and other social sciences disciplines. Besides these, others who wish to broaden their knowledge of crime, deviance and delinquency, especially in understanding technicalities of crime and security in contemporary Nigerian society.
What Will You Learn?
The course will examine the nature, scope and theories of criminology as a district field of crime and criminals in human societies. It will also identify contemporary crimes and security agencies/organizations, the management of contemporary crimes such as kidnapping, militancy, religious/ethnic crises, community crimes, cyber theft, terrorism, scientific robbery, corporate prostitution etc. which are common issues in recent times in Nigeria. security agencies like the Police, vigilante groups, the courts and other criminal justice outfits (prisons) would be examined in an attempt to understand their efficacy in the process of decriminalizing society.
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The course will help students to achieve the following objectives:
- To provide students with a broad and well balanced theories and methods of this course.
- To instil in students an appreciation of the importance of Criminology and Security Studies in Contemporary World Affairs.
- To cultivate in students the ability to apply their knowledge and skills of the course to the understanding and solution of societal problems in Nigeria and elsewhere.
- To develop in students a range of useful competencies in employment whether public, private or self employment.