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Babylonian Sources
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3084
Module code: AH3084 The ancient Babylonians had a rich culture that is exceptionally well documented thanks to their practice of writing on clay tablets.
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Greek History in 40 Lives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2044
Module code: AH2044 Why are some people remembered and others forgotten by history? How much do we really know about the ‘famous names’ of ancient Greece? How can we reconstruct the lives of ‘ordinary’ Greeks? Which modern scholars have influenced whose lives...
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Oracles. Dreams and Omens: Divination in the Greek World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3086
Module code: AH3086 Tutor: Jan Haywood This module explores the role of divination in the ancient Greek world. You will look at the full range of divinatory practices (oracles, dreams, haruspicy, etc.
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Crime, Risk and Security
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr3024
Module code: CR3024 Issues around crime and security have come to be more prominent within criminology and the broader notion of risk society. Society faces many challenges through new forms of crime, posing threats to security at a local, national and international level.
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Prisons
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr3026
Module code: CR3026 (double module) This module (co-delivered with academic staff in the School of Law) provides a comprehensive examination of prisons and penology.
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Criminology in the News
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr3027
Module code: CR3027 We only have to check social media, switch on the television, or pick up a newspaper to see headlines about crime and victimisation, and to realise how relevant to everyday life the study of criminology has become.
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International Security Risks
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr7586
Module code: CR7586 This module addresses some of the key international security threats associated with conflict-affected or conflict-vulnerable countries, while being critically attentive to the academic literature which questions the often obscure economic and political...
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Conflict Prevention, Response and Recovery
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr7581
Module code: CR7581 This module introduces the core security-related concepts currently used in the field of post-conflict intervention and development. You will analyse factors relevant to the prevention of and recovery from conflict.
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Forensic Science
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr3013
Module code: CR3013 This module explores some of the common forensic techniques, and you will be encouraged to think critically about the underlying principles of physical evidence and how it contributes to police investigations.
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Terrorism
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr2025
Module code: CR2025 What are the factors that motivate and sustain terrorist organisations? What is the role of counter-terrorism measures and culture in contemporary controversies, such as the infringement of civil liberties? Many scholars have drawn on the medical model and...