Aims

To understand the fundamental connection between criminological and social policy theoretical approaches and the significance of these to analyses of social (in) justice.
To understand welfare and criminal justice institutions in their historical and contemporary contexts.
To critically examine the ways in which social policy and policymaking processes inform constructions of 'social problems' and the criminal justice responses to them

Learning Outcomes

After completing the module the student should be able to:

Critically evaluate the connections between criminology and social policy approaches to the study of crime, harm and social problems.
Critically analyse the historical development and contemporary function of institutions of criminal justice and social policy.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of changes to criminal justice and social policy in the post-war period and the impacts this has had on the conceptualisation of, and response to, social problems

Prerequisites: LJMU-IND-M-100

Prerequisites Categories: -

Typical Module duration: 12.0 Week(s)

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Induction Module

Dissertation

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