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Module Title	LH Youth, Crime and Justice
School	School of Social Policy
Department	Soc Policy, Sociology & Crimin
Module Code	08 26861
Module Lead	Sarah Brooks-Wilson
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
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Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-20 hours Tutorial-5 hours Guided independent study-155 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	This module is delivered in two interconnected phases. The first phase will examine the construction of childhood and youth within political and popular discourse and give consideration to the potential consequences of particular constructions for policy, practice and lived experience. Students will explore the ways in which young people, as a typically marginalised population, are granted or lay claim to agency. Studying ‘youth participation’ as a policy objective and investigating the unofficial means through which young people may be seen to demonstrate ‘voice’, students will consider and critique the positioning of young people within society. Focusing upon the construction of ‘troublesome youth’, the second phase of the module will explore the current and historical concern with youth and crime. Students will explore the theoretical analyses and policy responses to ‘at risk’ youth. Supported through a comparative perspective, the module will examine the ways in which understanding of, and responses to ‘youth crime’, differ across national boundaries; challenging the doxa of dominant approaches. The module will conclude by investigating possible explanations for convergence and divergence in youth justice policy and practice, and considering opportunities for future policy development.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the variety of ways that ‘childhood’ and ‘youth’ may be constructed and its intersection with notions of class, gender and ethnicity. Critically evaluate the construction of ‘youth’ within political and policy discourse. Critically evaluate the notion of ‘youth participation’. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the historical and contemporary concern with youth and crime. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the key principles and theoretical frameworks which guide policy and practice responses to youth crime. Compare understandings of and responses to youth crime within and beyond the European Union, and provide a systematic analysis of possible explanations of similarities and differences.
Assessment	26861-02 : Summative essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Reassessed via 4000 word essay
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