CYP6072 - Child and Youth Justice

Objectives:

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.

Content:

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.

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 a brief presentation as the basis for discussion in seminar or workshops.

Lectures, seminars and tutorials
Contact hours: 30

Additional Assessment information
Students must pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment: