Policy Analysis - Crime & Justice - SPY00085M
- Department: Social Policy and Social Work
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
This module will:
- Introduce key concepts, techniques and theories employed in policy analysis
- Explore the roles and inter-relationships of structures, institutions, actors and ideas in shaping criminal justice policy-making
- Apply theoretical knowledge to the analysis of specific crime and justice related policies
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students will:
Subject content
- understand the role of economic, political, social and international factors in shaping policy
- identify the complex issues surrounding the formation, implementation and evaluation of criminal justice policy
- apply knowledge of the above to the analysis of crime and justice related policy
Academic and graduate skills
- identify the complex issues surrounding the formation, implementation and evaluation of policies
- appreciate the institutional and organizational contexts which shape the process by which policies are made
Other learning outcomes (if applicable)
- Research and writing on abstract subject matters
- Oral/written presentation skills and related techniques
- Analysis of current socio-political affairs
- Critical engagement with diverse information resources
Indicative assessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100.0 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100.0 |
Module feedback
Written feedback using a standard marking pro-forma is provided within 4 weeks of submission.
Indicative reading
Policy Analysis
J. Hudson and Lowe, S (2009) Understanding the Policy Process: Analysing Welfare Policy & Practice
N. Yeates (2000) Globalisation and Social Policy. London: Sage.
D. Held and McGrew, A., Goldblatt, D. and Perraton, J. (1999) Global Transformations: Politics, Economic and Culture , Cambridge, Polity Press.
M. Barnett and Finnemore, M. (2004) Rules for the World: International Organisations in Global Politics; Cornell University Press.
Crime
M. Findlay, The Globalisation of Crime: Understanding Transitional Relationships in Context (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999).
J. Muncie, Crime: Local and Global (Cullompton: Willan 2010).
D. Nelken, Comparative Criminal Justice and Globalization (Farnham: Ashgate 2011).
P. Andreas and E. Nadelmann, Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).
J. Sheptycki (ed.), Transnational Organised Crime, 4 volumes (Los Angeles: Sage: 2014).
M. Natarajan, International Crime and Justice (New York: Cambridge University Press 2011).
P. Reichel, Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice (Los Angeles: Sage 2013).