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LS452K: CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CRIME HONOURS (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:05


Course Overview

This course examines the way in which children and young people interact with the justice system, from a domestic, comparative, and international perspective.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 25 credits (12.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Clare Frances Moran

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • One of Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
  • Law (LS)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

Yes

One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.


Course Description

The seminars will include discussions on the age of criminal responsibility, children as vulnerable witnesses and issues of international significance such as the recruitment of child soldiers. The issues of the age of consent in the context of sexual offences and youth offending, as well as a consideration of how children are treated by the justice system will also be discussed and debated.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks 19,20 Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 4000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandTo develop an understanding of the legal rules relating to the treatment of young people and children in the criminal justice system
FactualEvaluateTo further develop the ability to research independently and identify relevant, reliable sources.
ProceduralAnalyseTo think critically about the debates relevant to the area, developing the ability to solve problems and construct arguments in a logical fashion.

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
Assessment Weeks 31 Feedback Weeks 34

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Feedback

Essay mark will carry forward to the re-sit. 

Feedback on school form within three weeks of submission.

Word Count 3000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandTo develop an understanding of the legal rules relating to the treatment of young people and children in the criminal justice system
FactualEvaluateTo further develop the ability to research independently and identify relevant, reliable sources.
ProceduralAnalyseTo think critically about the debates relevant to the area, developing the ability to solve problems and construct arguments in a logical fashion.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseTo think critically about the debates relevant to the area, developing the ability to solve problems and construct arguments in a logical fashion.
ConceptualUnderstandTo develop an understanding of the legal rules relating to the treatment of young people and children in the criminal justice system
FactualEvaluateTo further develop the ability to research independently and identify relevant, reliable sources.

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