Unit information: Punishment in Society in 2009/10

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Unit name Punishment in Society
Unit code SPOL20052
Credit points 20
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Professor. Pantazis
Open unit status Open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department School for Policy Studies
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to provide a comprehensive and critical analysis of past and present penal policies. Throughout the unit this insights of sociological, historical and critical theory will be used to further out understandings of contemporary penal practice.

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