Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
3108FNDLAW-JAN-MTP
Aims
This module will provide students with the opportunity to understand contemporary issues in Criminal Justice.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify the key players in contemporary English criminal justice
2.
Understand the key ideas explaining why crime is committed.
3.
Understand the development and current principles and practices driving criminal justice in England, including policing, court processes and punishment
4.
Understand current challenges to mainstream criminal justice, such as race and gender issues, restorative justice and miscarriages of justice
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Criminalisation and criminal justice
Understanding why crime occurs
Who makes criminal justice work?
Crime prevention and community safety
Policing
Courts
Sentencing
Punishment
Restorative justice
Race and criminal justice
Gender and criminal justice
Module Overview:
This module provides you with the opportunity to understand contemporary issues in Criminal Justice. It gives you a foundation-level knowledge of how Criminal Justice works in 21st-century England and Wales.
This module provides you with the opportunity to understand contemporary issues in Criminal Justice. It gives you a foundation-level knowledge of how Criminal Justice works in 21st-century England and Wales.
Additional Information:This module is designed to give students foundation-level knowledge of how criminal justice works in 21st-century England and Wales.
Assessments
Centralised Exam