SXY-4010 Transnational Crime.

Trafficking in Arms and Drugs

Assessment: Literature Review

You must produce a 3000 word literature review:

Your review must be constructed around a central question of your own design which acts as a focus for your work.

Deciding on a focus for your review:-
As with writing a literature review for a dissertation; the literature review you must produce for this assignment must be focused in some way around a research question.

The topics covered in the lectures represent general topics of discussion within these you should focus in on something specific such as a review focused on a certain country or region. Or focus your review around a particular aspect of the topic for instance policing. Students must provide an indication either via email to (Dr Tim Holmes or during class of what the focus of their literature review will be.

Things to include in your review:-

The review must include the use of a wide range of academic publications (journal papers, edited texts, research reports etc). A minimum of 8 publications must be critically discussed and an international comparison must be presented.