In this course, you will examine foundational ideas in criminology. The course begins with an examination of the varying ways that crime is categorised and defined, before moving to an overview of the way crime data is collated and represented within media, policy and public discourse. The lectures focus on information that criminological research has discovered about the crime phenomenon - this includes varying typologies of crime, the characteristics of those criminalised and the concepts that shape how crime is experienced and responded to at an individual and structural level.