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LAW30300

Academic Year 2022/2023

Criminology: Criminal Justice and Penology (LAW30300)

Subject:
Law
College:
Social Sciences & Law
School:
Law
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Ian O'Donnell
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

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.

About this Module

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
Lectures

24

Autonomous Student Learning

96

Total

120


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
.

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 In Module Component Repeat Offered
Examination: . 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

100

No

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.