Unit name | Crime, Justice and Society |
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Unit code | LAWD20034 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Quick |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
LAWD10014 Criminal Law |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit builds upon a prior understanding of substantive principles of criminal law in order to expand and deepen knowledge and understanding, and to consider the operation of criminal law in society. In particular, the unit emphasises the notion of criminalisation and focuses upon the boundaries of criminality, both through looking critically at the process by which certain types of behaviour become defined as criminal and some do not, and through looking at the discretionary processes through which law is (or is not) enforced in practice.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
20 lectures and 8 tutorials, plus 5 lectures in the Foundations of Legal Research programme
A 2000 word mandatory formative essay.
Two summative pieces of coursework of 2,000 words, each contributing 50% to the final mark.
The assessments are designed to test whether students have developed the skills that are critical to this unit, namely independent research and critical evaluation. The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
Key texts include: Lacey, Wells and Quick, Reconstructing Criminal Law, 4th Edition (Cambridge: CUP, 2010); Sanders, Young and Burton, Criminal Justice, 5th Edition (Oxford: OUP, 2015). Further suggestions for reading are provided on lecture presentations and tutorial worksheets.