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Postgraduate Course: Penal Politics (LAWS11215)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaLaw Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  25
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
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.

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.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Indicative course/seminar topics:

1. Penal histories
2. Theories of penal politics
3. Key comparative issues and trends
4. Penal lobbies, social movements and pressure groups
5. Knowledge, expertise and influence
6. Penal populism
7. Penal moderation
8. The politics of the death penalty
9. The restorative justice movement
10. Prison abolitionism
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Richard Sparks
Tel: (0131 6)50 2059
Email: r.sparks@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
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