Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
5518SJSCJ-SEP-PAR
Aims
For students to be able to demonstrate an understanding of the injustices that exist within society and the criminal justice system.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an understanding of key terminology
2.
Define the issues around significant miscarriages of justice
3.
Explain the issues around the major social divisions that exist in society
4.
Outline the impact of the major social divisions on the nature and extent of crime
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Introduction and the concepts of justice, injustice, power and powerlessness
Social divisions, inequality and poverty
Social Exclusion, problem populations and CJ policy
Class, crime and inequality
Women, crime and inequality
Ethnicity, crime and inequality
Mental Illness, Learning Disabilities, crime and inequality
Age, crime and inequality
Homelessness, crime and inequality
Miscarriages of Justice
Additional Information:This module will encourage the students to critically reflect on the concepts of injustice and justice, inequality, poverty, power and powerlessness. The students will be encouraged to think about how these concepts impact on the experience of people processed through and experiencing the system of justice.