Postgraduate Course: Penal Politics (LAWS11215)
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 | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This 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.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 25 |
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| Central | Seminar | | 18-29 | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
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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.
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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.
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Special Arrangements
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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 |
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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 | Prof Richard Sparks
Tel: (0131 6)50 2059
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Course secretary | Mr Douglas Thompson
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