CYP6072 - Child and Youth Justice

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Understand the development of contemporary youth justice system and the construction of the youth offender;
Understand and critically assess youth justice strategies and their links to wider strategies of governance of young people;
Understand and evaluate the links between current strategies, theories of crime and policy development;
Critically assess the impact of youth justice policies on young people.

Content:

The course explore a range of themes, including:
• The historical development of youth justice and the social construction of the youth offender;
• Contemporary youth justice strategies and the continuities and ruptures with past approaches;
• The links between policy, practice and outcomes;
• Key debates around regulating and controlling young people.

Learning and Teaching Information:

This module will be taught using a mixture of lectures, seminars workshops and tutorials, some of which will be student-led. Students could be expected to prepare for the sessions by reading set texts and completion of tasks set in class or via the VLE and will be expected to take part in a wide range of learning activities.
Students may be required to prepare and present brief presentations as the basis for discussion in seminars or workshops.

Lectures, seminars and tutorials
Contact hours: 30

Further details relating to assessment
Students must pass all assessment components to pass the module. Semester 1 essay is chosen from three pre set questions. Semester 2 training resource requires comparing the English with a foreign youth justice system and judging against key articles in the UNCRC. They can present this resource in a range of formats

Assessment:

001 Essay 1 X 2,500 words Mid-module 50%
002 A training resource 1 x 2500 words (end of module) 50%


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