Postgraduate Course: Global Crime, Justice and Security in Context (LAWS11192)
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 | Politics |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This core-course will examine crime, justice and security in a global and transnational context, the way in which these are constructed as problems to be dealt with by legal and political means, and the domestic and international responses.
It is assumed that students taking this course will have taken Global Crime, Justice and Security: Theories and Frameworks, although this is not a pre-requisite. Students not having taken this will be expected to complete some pre-course reading.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course aims to enable students to develop analytical perspectives on various settings in which crime, justice and security can be understood in an international dimension. By the end of the course students should:
be able to identify and understand key contexts in which crime, justice and security have a global, transnational or international element;
know and understand academic research in law and social and political science applied to the field of global crime, justice and security;
be able to critically engage with scholarly work in the field of global crime, justice and security, and,
particularly, to describe, analyse and evaluate developments in law and policy in the field of global crime, justice and security;
be confident in the application of concepts and theories to a range of contexts in which crime, justice and security have a global, transnational or international element. |
Assessment Information
| 100% Essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr James Chalmers
Tel:
Email: james.chalmers@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk |
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