Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Online
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6117CRIM-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. Critically analyse recent criminological theory examining the increasing emphasis on 'crime' and punishment in contemporary statecraft and the management of social inequalities.
2. Utilise case studies which illustrate the growing criminalisation of social policy and intersections of punishment across the policy terrains of penology and social policy since the late 1960s.
3. Explore the limits of the logic of punishment and the current scope of criminalisation of social problems, locating discussion within a critical consideration of social divisions and state power.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically assess the origins, trajectory and impacts of critical criminological theories of punishment.
2.
Examine critically the values, practices and processes of governance that underpin punishment within UK criminal justice systems, and allied agencies.
3.
Critically interrogate the relationships between a variety of social divisions and definitions, practices and effects of punishment.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The module will critically explore critical criminological responses to the reconfiguration of punishment within a context of welfare retrenchment.
It will draw upon key theories around punishment, social control and social harm to explore the management of social inequalities.
The module will also consider the emergence and consolidation of the carceral state, the limitations of statecraft through penalisation and broader concerns regarding the criminalisation of social policy.
Module Overview:
In this module you will study the complexity and intersections of punishment across the policy terrains of penology and social policy since the late 1960s. It explores the historical and contemporary landscape of punishment within a context of diminishing and increasingly conditional welfare provision in order to explore how critical criminology has contributed to our understanding of punishment, its role and its impacts. The module will encourage you to critically reflect on the reconfiguration of the state's power to punish.
In this module you will study the complexity and intersections of punishment across the policy terrains of penology and social policy since the late 1960s. It explores the historical and contemporary landscape of punishment within a context of diminishing and increasingly conditional welfare provision in order to explore how critical criminology has contributed to our understanding of punishment, its role and its impacts. The module will encourage you to critically reflect on the reconfiguration of the state's power to punish.
Additional Information:This module addresses the complexity and intersections of punishment across the policy terrains of penology and social policy since the late 1960s. It explores the historical and contemporary landscape of punishment within a context of diminishing and increasingly conditional welfare provision in order to explore how critical criminology has contributed to our understanding of punishment, its role and its impacts. The module will encourage students to critically reflect on the reconfiguration of the state's power to punish.