Postgraduate Course: Penal Politics (LAWS11215)
Course Outline
School |
School of Law |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
Home subject area |
Law |
Other subject area |
None |
Course website |
None |
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Course description |
This course introduces students to the politics of punishment in the
UK and elsewhere today. The course addresses topics of distinct
public interest in domestic, comparative and trans-national
perspective and engages with a vigorous and growing body of scholarly literature and policy documents.
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Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 25 |
Location |
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Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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No Classes have been defined for this Course |
First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- describe, compare and evaluate different political positions on
punishment.
- explain and critique some key theories of penal politics
- identify key international patterns and trends in punishing, and
suggest possible explanations of these
- describe and explain how national penal politics and policy are
shaped by supra-national and sub-national forces
- make sense of the contributions of scholarly literatures,
scientific evidence and popular culturual influences in developing
debates on penal politics and policy.
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Assessment Information
Two essays, each of 2,500 words maximum.
Essay 1: One essay chosen from a short list of questions.
Essay 2: One academically-referenced analysis or advocacy essay, on
an approved penal political topic of the student's own choosing.
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Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Prof Richard Sparks
Tel: (0131 6)50 2059
Email: r.sparks@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lene Mccool
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: lene.mccool@ed.ac.uk |
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1 September 2010 6:16 am
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