Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7053LAWCJ-SEP-MTP
Aims
To provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge of a specific criminal behaviour and/or criminal justice issue.
To construct a sustained and coherent assignment at length.
To show a critical ability to apply appropriate research methods.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an advanced, critical and theoretically-informed ability to apply a range of academic perspectives critically to a criminal psychology and/or criminal justice issue in an extended piece of empirical work.
2.
Demonstrate critical and theoretically-informed appreciation of the significance of the chosen method of social science research methodology and methods, and their appropriate application in practice.
3.
Demonstrate the capacity for critical appraisal of the relevant body of research to the topic chosen, and present this in a literature review
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
The student is required to prepare an empirical dissertation of 15,000 words, on a topic to be agreed with his or her supervisor.
The student is required to prepare an empirical dissertation of 15,000 words, on a topic to be agreed with his or her supervisor.
Module Overview:
This module will provide you the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of a specific criminal behaviour and/or criminal justice issue. You will construct a sustained and coherent assignment at length, to show your critical ability to apply appropriate research methods.
This module will provide you the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of a specific criminal behaviour and/or criminal justice issue. You will construct a sustained and coherent assignment at length, to show your critical ability to apply appropriate research methods.
Additional Information:
The module is intended as a learning device, which will demonstrate the student's capacity to apply knowledge learned throughout the MSc Criminal Psychology and 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. Students are expected to undertake an empirical dissertation for this module
The module is intended as a learning device, which will demonstrate the student's capacity to apply knowledge learned throughout the MSc Criminal Psychology and 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. Students are expected to undertake an empirical dissertation for this module