Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Practical
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5017LAWCJ-SEP-MTP
Aims
This course requires students to critically consider the innovative ways in which criminology theory is used today in the policy and practice of criminal justice.
Students must demonstrate an ability to build upon introduction to criminological theory from level 4 and apply those understanding to contemporary criminal justice
Learning Outcomes
1.
Recognise and understand theoretical concepts which shape notions of justice.
2.
Assess critically the implications for policy of differing criminological perspectives
3.
Evaluate the effectiveness of different criminological theories when applied to practical developments within the criminal justice system.
4.
Critically evaluate the new directions of contemporary critical criminologies
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Theories and theorising
Criminological theories, policies and practices
Expanding the criminological imagination
Critical criminology and critical criminologies
Agency and structure
Power and powerless
PowerPoint presentation guidance
Completion and delivery of a group power point presentation
Module Overview:
This course requires students to critically consider the innovative ways in which criminology theory is used today in the policy and practice of criminal justice. Students must demonstrate an ability to build upon introduction to criminological theory from level 4 and apply those understanding to contemporary criminal justice course designed to build on students knowledge of criminological theory from level 4 and apply that knowledge to the ever changing world of criminal justice practice in the contemporary moment.
This course requires students to critically consider the innovative ways in which criminology theory is used today in the policy and practice of criminal justice. Students must demonstrate an ability to build upon introduction to criminological theory from level 4 and apply those understanding to contemporary criminal justice course designed to build on students knowledge of criminological theory from level 4 and apply that knowledge to the ever changing world of criminal justice practice in the contemporary moment.
Additional Information:A course designed to build on students knowledge of criminological theory from level 4 and apply that knowledge to the ever changing world of criminal justice practice in the contemporary moment.