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SP12004: Crime, social justice, and social policy

[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWPF 60%, CWRI 40%
Assessment Detail:
  • Portfolio (CWPF 60%)
  • Report Individual (CWRI 40% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit students will be able to: 1. Describe and evaluate different conceptions of 'justice' 2. Discuss the relationship between criminal justice and social policy 3. Apply critical criminological thinking to a range of case studies of state and corporate crime 4. Discuss the role of the criminal justice system in treating social harms


Synopsis: Expand your understanding of justice through studying the ideas about state crime, corporate crime, and the harms produced by the criminal justice system itself. This will encourage you to think about why certain events or experiences are treated within the criminal justice system rather than as social policy or political issues (and, the obverse - why certain harmful events or experiences are treated outside the criminal justice system)

Content: Expand your understanding of crime and justice. Think about why certain events or experiences are treated within the criminal justice system rather than as social policy or political issues and why certain harmful events or experiences are treated outside the criminal justice system.

Course availability:

SP12004 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

SP12004 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AFB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UHSP-AKB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with professional placement (Year 1)

Notes:

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