LAW10490

Learning Outcomes:

Having completed this module, students will be able to:
Discuss key ideas in relation to models of criminal justice and the study of criminal justice systems;
Demonstrate knowledge of the operation of the principal institutions and actors within the criminal justice system;
Critically analyse the current issues and challenges facing the Irish criminal justice system;
Compare the Irish criminal justice system with those in other jurisdictions, particularly in relation to matters such as the role of key actors and institutions;
Determine the means by which the principal institutions and actors in the criminal justice system can be made accountable.

Indicative Module Content:

Models of Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice Process
Policing
Prosecuting Authorities
The Judiciary and the Jury System
Prisons
Probation
Youth justice
Anti-social behaviour
Victims and Witnesses
Risk and Criminal Justice
Miscarriages of Justice

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

This module is delivered face to face with additional online activities to be completed.
Students will be assigned work to prepare most weeks. This may be reading, watching short videos, completing online exercises, meeting academic advisors, or preparing written work. Students are expected to engage with all teaching and learning activities; this will be essential for keeping up with the continuous assessment on the module.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Throughout the semester: Should students require feedback on their learning for this module, they are encouraged to self-assess and seek clarification from the relevant member of teaching staff who delivered the topic, by using office hours. See Brightspace for contact details. Group Feedback on Examination: On release of module examination results, group class feedback will be made available. Individual Feedback on Examination: Students will be informed of opportunities to receive individual feedback on their examination, in accordance with UCD Sutherland School of Law requirements for viewing individual feedback on examination. Further information to be communicated via Brightspace when grades are released.

General Resources

Campbell, L., Ashworth, A. and Redmayne, M. (2019) The criminal process (5th ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/t7z8SYDz

Carrabine, E. et al. (2014) Criminology: A sociological introduction. (3rd ed.) London: Routledge. https://go.exlibris.link/XcDsg7Qt [e-book]

Case, S., Johnson, P., Manlow, D., Smith, R. and Williams, K. (2017) Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/6H5nRjVZ

Case, S., Manlow, D., Johnson, P., Williams, K., & Smith, R. (2021). The Oxford Textbook on Criminology. Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/K1KdyKtz

Conway, V., Daly, Y. and Schweppe, J. (2010) Irish Criminal Justice: Theory, Process and Procedure. Dublin: Clarus Press. https://go.exlibris.link/f8nktGxC

Cullen, F. T., & Wilcox, P. (2013). The Oxford handbook of criminological theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/HDBFR31G

Garland, D. (2001) The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/vmrYsCzp

Healy, D., Hamilton, C., Daly, Y., & Butler, M. (2016) (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of Irish criminology. London: Routledge. https://go.exlibris.link/sybKm1bB [e-book]

Kilcommins, S., O’Donnell, I., O’Sullivan, E. and Vaughan, B. (2005) Crime, punishment and the search for order in Ireland, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin. https://go.exlibris.link/wX8wY4Tl

Liebling, A., Maruna, S. and McAra, L. (eds.) (2023) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (7th ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/JrKfT03B

Maguire, M., Morgan, R., & Reiner, R. (2012). The Oxford handbook of criminology (5th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/rFkKrkHR

Marsh, I., Cochrane, J., & Melville, G. (2004). Criminal justice: An introduction to philosophies, theories and practice. London: Routledge. https://go.exlibris.link/mvCdz0Dp [e-book]

Marsh, I., Melville, G., Morgan, K., Norris, G., & Cochrane, J. (2011). Crime and criminal justice. London: Routledge. https://go.exlibris.link/s2cygxWr [e-book]

McLaughlin, E., & Muncie, J. (Eds.) (2013). Criminological perspectives: Essential readings (3rd ed.). London: SAGE. https://go.exlibris.link/w05RhZZS

McLaughlin, E. and Newburn, T. (Eds.) (2010) Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory. London: SAGE. https://go.exlibris.link/dwdQC1Xw [e-book]

Newburn, T. (2017). Criminology (3rd ed.). London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. https://go.exlibris.link/XfSLfT9s [e-book]

O’Malley, T. (2009) The Criminal Process. Dublin: Round Hall. https://go.exlibris.link/kwrNs1tl [e-book]

Taylor, I., Walton, P. and Young, J. (1973) The New Criminology: For a Social Theory of Deviance. London: Routledge https://go.exlibris.link/50yWsCgJ [e-book]

Welsh, L., Skinns, L., and Young, A. (2021) Sanders & Young's Criminal Justice Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/C34S9QpC

Williams, K.S. (2012) Textbook on Criminology (7th ed.) London: Blackstone Press. https://go.exlibris.link/6SvHqdSL [e-book]

Windle, J., Lynch, O., Sweeney, K., O'Neill, M., Donson, F., & Cuffe, J. (2022) Criminology, Crime and Justice in Ireland: An Introduction. Abingdon: Routledge. https://go.exlibris.link/Jd4YXnxv

Zedner, L. (2004) Criminal Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/v3St1wfq

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