LAW27340

Learning Outcomes:

By engaging successfully with this module students will be able to:
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the contemporary political, legislative and policy context for custodial and community-based penal sanctions, both nationally and internationally;
Demonstrate familiarity with the theoretical perspectives that have been used to understand the delivery and experience of punishment;
Evaluate research on the ways in which individuals and groups experience community and custodial sentences in relation to people, places and spaces;
Explore contemporary debates in relation to human rights, social justice, exclusion and diversity as they relate to experiences of the penal system.

Indicative Module Content:

Sociology of punishment
Current issues in punishment
Pains of prison and probation
Legitimacy and relationships
Experiencing penal supervision
Compliance
Gender and punishment
Violence in prison
Penal expansion
Sensory experience of punishment
Death in punishment

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

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

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive summative feedback on their individual assessment. Group feedback post-assessment 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.