CR7002 - Comparative Penal Policy

Each teaching session will include some formal input from the module tutors, with references to extra reading for those less familiar with the topic and the opportunity to discuss that reading with the tutors. You will be expected to engage in debate, group discussion and presentation and to have prepared for each session through independent study following the electronic reading lists that accompany the module.

Your learning on this module will be developed through a combination of formal input from academic staff and exercises that develop further the intellectual/professional skills and abilities that are needed to complete an MA and to prepare you for doctoral study or a job which requires you to undertake research at a high level. There will be opportunities to ask questions and seek guidance from academic staff both within and outside the timetabled teaching sessions. All academic staff advertise times when they are available to students and there is also the opportunity to book appointments. Your learning will also be supported by an extensive electronic reading list and the provision of lecture notes and other materials on our e-learning platform.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of international debates in penal policy and practice.

2. Evidence critical thinking in relation to social, political and economic impacts upon penal policy.

3. You will gain a critical understanding of the key debates relating to
recidivism, rehabilitation, security, and risk management in an international context

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:

4. Develop oral communication skills through constructively challenging the opinions of others within the penal policy debate

5. You will develop skills in comparative analysis and basics of comparative research


Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

6. Demonstrate critical curiosity and engage sensitively with different cultural and political penal policy regimes.

The summative assessment task consists of a single component the completion of a 5000 word essay with focus upon aspects of international contemporary penal policy, selected from a list of pre-set questions from a range of topics as displayed on the eLearning portal.

Throughout the module, students will be asked to undertake formative assessment tasks that prepare them for the assessment. These will include work towards formulating their topic, conducting a bibliographic search and developing analytic skills.

Students will receive feedback on formative assessment tasks throughout the module from the tutor and their peers: for example, all will be encouraged to comment constructively on one another’s work.'

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