Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7041LAWCJ-SEP-MTP
Aims
To provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge of a specific
criminal justice issue.
To construct a sustained and coherent assignment at length.
To show a critical ability to apply appropriate research methods.
Learning Outcomes
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Demonstrate an advanced, critical and theoretically-informed ability to apply a range of academic perspectives critically to a criminal justice issue in an extended piece of work.
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Demonstrate critical and theoretically-informed appreciation of the significance of the full range of social science research methodologies and methods, and their appropriate application in practice.
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Demonstrate the capacity for sustained, critical and theoretically-informed consideration of a particular criminal justice topic.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The student is required to prepare a dissertation of 15000 words, on a topic to be
agreed with his or her supervisor.
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to explore the complex and dynamic relationship between policing services/agents and members of the diversity of publics these organisations serve. It seeks to help you to develop a critical appreciation of the historical and conceptual development of modern policing forms, evaluate contemporary policing structures/methods/networks, and explore future challenges for service provision. It:
The aim of this module is to explore the complex and dynamic relationship between policing services/agents and members of the diversity of publics these organisations serve. It seeks to help you to develop a critical appreciation of the historical and conceptual development of modern policing forms, evaluate contemporary policing structures/methods/networks, and explore future challenges for service provision. It:
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encourages you to engage with the evolving and multi-faceted challenges facing the workings of one of the key institutions of criminal justice, whilst also exploring the emerging ethical, moral and practical concerns raised by the increasingly powerful played by the private and quasi-private forms of policing and security management.
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improves your understanding of the role the police as an organisation, in shaping notions of belonging, citizenship and identity
Additional Information:The module is intended as a learning device, which will demonstrate the student's capacity to apply knowledge learned throughout the MA Criminal Justice course as a whole, in an appropriate and substantial manner. Formative assessment takes place in the form of peer-reviewed presentations on research plans, as part of the group taught sessions.