LAW30300 Criminology: Criminal Justice and Penology

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module explores the politics of law and order, the history of coercive confinement, the role of the prison in society, and approaches to penal reform. A wide range of source material is used including official statistics, policy papers, and academic studies.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completing this module it is expected that students will be able to:

Analyse how penal policy has developed over the past thirty years.
Debate key challenges facing prison systems.
Explore different conceptions of punitiveness.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

96
Lectures

24
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
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Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: . 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 2, 3 Mon 14:00 - 15:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Thurs 14:00 - 15:50
Autumn