CRI-20034 - Module Specification
School of Social, Political and Global Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 19 January 2023
CRI-20034 - Probation, Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Desistance
Coordinator: Anne-Marie Day Tel: +44 1782 7 34166
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Co-requisites
None
Prerequisites
CRI-10013 Criminal Justice: Process, Policy and Practice
CRI - 10010 Understanding Crime
CRI - 10010 Understanding Crime
Barred Combinations
None
Description for 2022/23
Aims
1. To provide a thorough comprehension of different understandings of rehabilitation, desistance and personal change.
2. To develop critical appreciation of how dominant theoretical approaches underpin professional industry practice in criminal justice.
3. To develop students� understanding of the relationship between rehabilitation, desistance and diversity.
4. To encourage a critical, reflexive student approach to questions around the purposes and challenges in the delivery of rehabilitation and desistance in the penal system, substance misuse services and related industry.
5. To encourage students to consider the development of probation and resettlement services and related interventions (including substance misuse) in their historical, cultural, political and conceptual contexts.
2. To develop critical appreciation of how dominant theoretical approaches underpin professional industry practice in criminal justice.
3. To develop students� understanding of the relationship between rehabilitation, desistance and diversity.
4. To encourage a critical, reflexive student approach to questions around the purposes and challenges in the delivery of rehabilitation and desistance in the penal system, substance misuse services and related industry.
5. To encourage students to consider the development of probation and resettlement services and related interventions (including substance misuse) in their historical, cultural, political and conceptual contexts.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Consider different understandings of the concepts of rehabilitation, desistance, recovery and personal change: 1
Locate and analyse the role and development of probation and resettlement services in context, including their governance and aims: 1
Evaluate theories and approaches to rehabilitation and desistance, and analyse their application to professional industry practice: 1
Outline the complexities of the relationship between rehabilitation and diversity: 1
Document and evaluate contemporary challenges in in the delivery of rehabilitation and desistance in the penal system and related industry: 1
Locate and analyse the role and development of probation and resettlement services in context, including their governance and aims: 1
Evaluate theories and approaches to rehabilitation and desistance, and analyse their application to professional industry practice: 1
Outline the complexities of the relationship between rehabilitation and diversity: 1
Document and evaluate contemporary challenges in in the delivery of rehabilitation and desistance in the penal system and related industry: 1
Study hours
Lecture and workshop - 10 x 2 hours.
Weekly preparation for lecture and workshop - 10 x 4 hours
Assessment preparation - 30 hours
Independent study - 60 hours
Weekly preparation for lecture and workshop - 10 x 4 hours
Assessment preparation - 30 hours
Independent study - 60 hours
School Rules
None
Description of Module Assessment
Students will be asked to prepare a 2500 report on a contemporary challenge or issue
Report for the Ministry of Justice � imagine a new Minister for Justice has been appointed -they ask you, as an academic, to submit a report on a contemporary challenge or issue. Write a persuasive report, addressing the issue highlighted in a report format. The answer must include reference to evidence from theory and research. All your argument points should contain evidence, and this evidence should be referenced using the Harvard referencing style.