2^nd Semester

This module is an advanced level course on criminal justice and the regulation of social control.

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The module focuses on key elements of the criminal justice system: policing and the police; courts and sentencing; prisons; probation and community penalties.  It seeks to inform students about: the practical operation of the criminal justice system; the policies which regulate the operation of criminal justice in the Anglo-American jurisdiction; and the conceptualisation of the processes at work in criminal justice.

Upon completion of the module students can expect to:

·             Be familiar with the principal institutions of the criminal justice system

·             Be acquainted with the effects of selected criminal justice policies

·             Understand the principal modes of analysing and conceptualising the CJS

·             History and development of the criminal justice system

·             Policing, organisation, powers and accountability

·             Crime investigation and detection

·             Criminal procedure

·             Prosecution

·             Sentencing

·             Prisons

·             Probation and the management of offenders in the community

·             Youth justice

20 hours comprising lectures and seminars

Ashworth, A. and Redmayne, M. (2005) The Criminal Justice Process. 3^rd Edition. Oxford University Press.

Maguire, M., Morgan, R. and Reiner, R. (Eds) (2007) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. 4^th Edition. Oxford University Press.

McConville, M. and Wilson, G. (Eds) (2002) The Oxford Handbook of the Criminal Justice Process. Oxford University Press.

Sanders, A. and Young, R. (2006) Criminal Justice. 3^rd Editon. Oxford University Press.