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Postgraduate Course: Mental Health and Crime (LAWS11114)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe aim of this module is to examine the relationship between mental health and crime and explore issues relating to the appropriate treatment of mentally disordered offenders in the criminal justice system. Different forms of mental disorder will be analysed (including psychotic illnesses; personality disorders and the mental health problems associated with substance misuse) and their links to crime evaluated. Key objectives are also: to trace the history and development of mental health law; to explore the nature of criminal justice and other disposals for mentally disordered offenders (comparing Scotland with England/Wales); and to assess the nature and limits of offender profiling. A day visit will be arranged to the State Hospital and Carstairs, where students will meet staff and patients and gain an insight into clinical practice and the day to day running of a secure institution. The course will conclude with a mock trial, where students will act as prosecution; defence agents and jury and the staff as judge, defendant and expert witnesses.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) The module will be assessed by means of a 5,000 word essay.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to: describe the main forms of mental disorder and what their relationship is to crime ; understand the evolution of mental health law and the nature of contemporary psychiatric defences; summarise and assess the main features of mental health disposals; and understand the role and limits of offender profiling in criminal investigation.
Reading List
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Lynne Copson
Tel:
Email: lcopson@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
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