Understanding and Responding to Criminal Behaviour (P00510)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-SWURCB

This course is designed for experienced professionally qualified social work practitioners who work in the Criminal Justice System. The aim is to make students aware of the range of criminological theories on crime, interpreting criminal statistics and applying this knowledge to practice.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Studies), (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Additional Class Information : Please note that as the course is a distance learning, part time MSc, teaching is arranged in blocks of seven hour days. There are also scheduled study days.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Learning Objectives

1. To understand, analyse and interpret criminological data to inform planning and service delivery.

2. To understand a range of types and causes of criminal behaviour and the implications for sentencing policy and intervention strategies.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this module participants should be able to:

- delineate the level of service operation viz primary/secondary or tertiary prevention;
- demonstrate their understanding of the integration of individual and structural tensions in relation to the
- square of crime (police/social work; the public; the offender; and the victim)
- and locate this in relation to the dimensions of crime (time and space).